Back to Text THE DIRTY SHOW Curatorial Statement by Margaret Dragu (April 2006) Every person believes he/she is an expert about art. An expert about sex. About sexual representation. Erotica and pornography. And censorship. We all firmly believe that we KNOW. The Every(wo)man saying, “I don’t know much about art but I know what I …
Back to Text | Back to Art Cinderella ACCEPTANCE SPEECH Je suis reconnaissante de pouvoir travailler comme artiste au Canada. And very grateful for this award so I can make more art. Pour moi, la création d’une œuvre d’art constitue un acte d’intimité. It is my joy and responsibility to connect – with a …
VIDEO [click here] The mythic tale of jealousy, sex, representation, revenge, celebrity, media and justice
VIDEO [click here] The epic tale of how Lady Justice lost and re-gained her Sword of Justice.
Dragu cleans the steps of the Ontario Legislature short weeks after a bloody demonstration. She and her Artist Friends create a walk’n’ roll PARADE from Queen’s Park Legislative Buildings past Art Gallery of Ontario and through the parks and streets of Toronto all the while cleaning cleaning cleaning. See book with DVD by Paul Couillard, …
HISTORY of NUESTRA SENORA DEL PAN VIDEO GALLERY OFFICIAL BLOG Nuestra Senora del Pan executes durational performance pieces employing time, yeast, sugar, flour, water, oil, fire and sweat. Nuestra Senora del Pan celebrates the peasant and the domestic. Peasant life is under attack all over the world. Fishing villages and Farmland are under constant attack …
Back to Text | More on Lady Justice VIDEO GALLERY OFFICIAL BLOG FACEBOOK “Mature but not old; Lady Justice aka Lady J and sometimes just La Dragu is without question the world’s most ubiquitous artist model! Formerly called Justita, and earlier Themis, Dike & Ma’at, she is seen in paintings, sculptures, friezes around the world, …