Helena Calmfors is a New York-based performance artist and photographer whose work is inspired by the archetype of the dominant woman. It is a role with which she closely identifies and yet gently subverts by introducing ‘soft’ elements, such as flowers, into the typically hard-rubber aesthetic of domination.
Hierarchical power play is evident in all aspects of Helena’s art, ranging from performance to watercolour paintings, and digital and instant photography. She uses Polaroid as a way of representing the ephemerality of performance and the fleeting intimacy of the dominant/submissive relationship.
Published by Circa Press, Forget Me Not is Calmfors’ debut monograph.
Join Helena at Rubber Cult at 6.30pm on September 27th when she will be signing copies. The book will be on sale for £60, with special discounts on multiple orders.
A limited number of copies will be available on the night with a unique rubber wrapper: first come first served!
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