Join us May 1, 2025, @CORE.Gallery.Seattle, 117 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104, 6 – 8 p.m. for the opening of DON’T LOOK, a solo exhibition from Ann-Marie Stillion. Exhibit runs April 30 – May 31
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ARTIST STATEMENT
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“Revising history is one of the hallmarks of a dictatorship.” – M H
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I can see that as a woman, I was never really in the timeline of history—perhaps tangentially, but nothing more. I can help, give birth, play with lovely things, cook, and clean. But I was never meant to lead or rule or be anything significant due to my gender. The recent move by the Trump administration to eliminate the words “women” and “female” in its writings makes this clear.
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Simply taking charge of the male body, as I do when I photograph men, has been very satisfying.
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My work puts something in the world that wasn’t there before. I don’t render men as real. They are projections of a world I would prefer to live in.
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One of the works in the upcoming exhibit, “DON’T LOOK” uses a photograph I made years ago at Eagle Falls. It was a gorgeous setting, and I recalled the photographer Edward Weston in its original title. When I posted it on social media, it was censored immediately. Placing words over the man’s genitals made it acceptable when I reposted it later.
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Women’s bodies are shared in every imaginable way, but return the favor and you will find out immediately that men don’t want to be seen and everyone has an objection of some kind. So I have continued.
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All images © 2025 Ann-Marie Stillion / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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