Pleasure Principles
Beginning with the intimate act of caring for her dying mother, Jessica Collins unfolds a reflection on pleasure, intimacy and the body as sacred ground.
Fig 1.
Frida Orupabo, Untitled, 2018, collage with paper pins mounted on aluminum, 106 x 80 cm | courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
This article was originally published in See All This #42 — The Body with Marlene Dumas.
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