Janine Antoni
Loving Care, 1993
Performance with Loving Care hair dye, Natural Black
Dimensions variable
Photographed by Prudence Cumming Associates
Anthony d’Offay Gallery
London, 1993
In Loving Care, Antoni mopped the floor of the gallery with her hair soaked in Loving Care hair dye “Natural Black.” The artist’s actions conjured up the expressive marks of Abstract Expressionist painting, linking them to the chore of mopping. As she claimed the space, the audience was slowly backed out of the gallery.