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The Sad, Ecstatic Passions of Carol Rama (theatlantic.com)
47 points by prismatic on Sept 26, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



I presume the "lady's pump" mentioned here:

"She once crafted a bronze sculpture of a penis nestled inside a lady’s pump"

...means an item of footwear and not a different kind of pump?

I did google/bing image search this, but the results almost made my eye's fall out :/


Yes, it's a "court shoe": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_shoe

The piece is called "Scarpa" if you want to search for it. :)



Appreciated.


Previously aware of Rama through a show in Dublin. While it's anathema to the art world to make moral judgements, Rama is problematic.

"Yet Rama, whose mother was committed to a psychiatric clinic when the artist was a child, saw it as a place of great vibrancy and liberty"

Who can endorse that perspective, or want to spend time around it?




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