Central Saint Martin’s graduate Anna Friemoth builds on her 10 Commandments self-portrait series with a sharp new body of satirical work, Words for Women; currently showing at Gallery 151. If you’ve ever pondered the inanity of labels like ‘Sugar Tits’, or ‘Butter Face’, the American artist’s literal portraits will be viewed with a wry smile.
2011’s 10 Commandments — with their two-fingers to Biblical statutes — are on show here too, alongside some miscellaneous pieces from Friemoth’s collected works; all united in mischievousness. Arm Candy; Butter Face; Golddigger; Handmaiden; Pushover; Sugar Tits; Wallflower; and Trophy Wife are the eight Words for Women, explored in visual verbatim by the artist … their absurdity laid bare by Friemoth’s candid portraiture.