Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver

2023

VSSL Studio

(as part of the FACET programme)

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ABOUT:
“...Boliver's collaboration with photographer Karolina Bazydlo and collaborator Bartlomiej Gudejko (Rocio’s lover at the time) for the FACET program is a bold challenge to the invisibility of the aging female form and female sexuality...”

Launch event of Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver - Video courtesy of Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance.

Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver (in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko) - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance.

Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver (in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko) - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance.
“...The photographic series of twelve images centers the aging female body within the realm of sexual pleasure, desire, and erotic play. The artist has reimagined the conventional 'pin up' calendar idea and created exquisite portrayals of womanly autonomy and female sexuality...”

Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver - Rocío Boliver performing in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance.

Frutas Maduras: Rocío Boliver - Rocío Boliver performing in collaboration with Karolina Bazydlo and Bartlomiej Gudejko - Images courtesy of Marco Berardi & Baiba Sprance.
CREDITS:
Curated by Benjamin Sebastian on behalf of VSSL Studio. Assistant curators: Ash McNaughton & Mine Kaplangi. Funded by Arts Counicl England.