With a pair of boxing gloves slung over one shoulder, and a head filled with East London street smarts, Zoe Buckman has arrived over the past few years as a bold face of the feminist arts movement. Her multi-disciplinary work frequently speaks to universal female experiences, be it the inclusion of embroidered words on the subject of domestic violence, titling a recent show “Heavy Rag”, or her 43-foot sculpture “Champ”, a glowing neon outline of a uterus outfitted with boxing gloves, which was installed above the iconic and recently shuttered Standard Hotel, on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood.
In this episode, Zoe chatted about the diversity in the shades of meaning to be found in both a John Keats poem and a Tupac lyric, why you can’t talk about feminism without acknowledging girl on girl crime, and how it feels to break free from using trauma as a muse.
Zoe Buckman // https://www.instagram.com/zoebuckman/?hl=en
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