After our study of Bruce Nauman I am reminded to include a post about Portuguese artist Helena Almeida who is often seen to play with the notion of the 'shifting ground' in her visual art. Although she primarily works with photography and mixed media she has a recurring motif of herself as a 'falling' model. It is debatable whether she is purposefully working alongside the ground or struggling against the pull of an exterior gravity. Either way, both Almeida and Nauman experiment with this gravitational pull, one that is not necessarily vertical.
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