Zoë Buckman

Zoë Buckman
Born (1985-09-13) 13 September 1985
Hackney, East London, UK
Occupation Artist, photographer, producer
Spouse(s) David Schwimmer (m. 2010)
Children 1
Relatives Geraldine James, Alec Guinness
Website zoebuckman.com

Zoë Buckman (born 13 September 1985) is a British artist, photographer, and producer.[1][2]

Early life

Buckman was born in East Hackney, London, to Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts head of acting (from 1986 to 2007), television writer, and playwright Jennie Buckman and Nick Blatchley. Her brother is Peter Buckman, an English writer and literary.[1][3]

Notable relatives of Buckman include actress Geraldine James and the late actor Alec Guinness.

Artwork

Buckman is known for her Present Life and Every Curve artwork series. She is a multi-media artist working in photography, embroidery, sculpture, neon and installation.[1][4]

Present Life

Present Life examines the temporary nature and beauty of life from the focal-point of the exhibit, Buckman's plastinated placenta.[5] After the birth of Buckman's daughter, Cleo, Buckman was informed that her placenta had deteriorated and could have caused the premature death of her child had she not been born.[6] Buckman decided to preserve her placenta through plastination and used the experience to inform her Present Life art series. In the series, Buckman's plastinated placenta is shown encased in marble.[7]

Present Life was featured in several publications such as Viper Magazine,[8] W,[9] BlackBook,[10] and ArtNet News.[11]

Present Life was shown in its entirety at Garis & Hahn Gallery in New York and was called a "must see" by Brianna Cohen of Art Markit.[12]

Every Curve

Every Curve brings together Buckman's love of 1990s rap lyrics from The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur and her Feminist ideology through an installation of embroidery on vintage women's lingerie. Buckman hand embroiders rap lyrics onto vintage garments to explore the conflict between feminism and hip-hop.[13][14]

The art series explores the dialogue between the misogynistic lyrics within rap and the uplifting, pro-choice, Feminist content found within the text.[15] Every Curve "illustrates the oppositional perceptions of woman as sexual object, woman as love, and woman as creator; perceptions which, with recourse to history, remain unchanged", stated art critic Hannah-Rosanne Poulton of A Taste for Art.[16]

Every Curve was featured in several publications such as Cultured Magazine,[17] The Huffington Post,[18] W Magazine,[19] and LA Times.[20]

Mostly It's Just Uncomfortable

Mostly It’s Just Uncomfortable is Buckman’s newest series in response to the attack on Planned Parenthood in the United States and the consequent lack of access to free sexual health care for underserved women and the attempted removal of a woman’s right to make choices concerning her own body.[21] The body of work includes gynecological and boxing imagery and objects.

Two of the neon works from the series, Champion and Champ have been featured in the inaugural exhibition of For Freedoms, an artist-run Super PAC, at Jack Shainman Gallery[22][23] and Rock The Vote's Truth to Power exhibition at the 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia.[24][25]

Works from Mostly It's Just Uncomfortable have been featured in several publications and media outlets such as Time Out,[26] Fox 5 News,[27] and The Creators Project.[28]

Personal life

In 2007 Buckman began a relationship with actor and director David Schwimmer, 19 years her senior.[29] In March 2010, Schwimmer announced their engagement,[30] and Buckman married Schwimmer in a small ceremony in June.[31][32] On 8 May 2011 Buckman and Schwimmer's daughter, Cleo Buckman Schwimmer was born.[33][34]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About". Zoe Buckman.
  2. ↑ "Zoe Buckman". Internet Movie Database.
  3. ↑ Bloom, Nate (October 21, 2010). "Schwimmer's secret wedding, Another new Jewish couple, ...". j. the Jewish news weekly.
  4. ↑ "Zoe Buckman". ArtStar.
  5. ↑ Wholey, M.A. (July 18, 2015). "Zoë Buckman's Plastinated Placenta Probes the Beauty of Birth". Artsy.
  6. ↑ Zhong, Fan (February 27, 2015). "Zoe Buckman's Life Force". W.
  7. ↑ Cunningham, Erin (March 27, 2015). "Why One New York Artist Is Putting Her Placenta On Display". Refinery29. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ Tomlinson, Lauryn (June 22, 2015). "Aint No Fun". Viper.
  9. ↑ Zhong, Fan (February 27, 2015). "Zoe Buckman's Life Force". W.
  10. ↑ Sargent and Molle, Felicity and Mark (February 24, 2015). "Zoë Buckman's First Solo Show Keeps it Really Real". Blackbook.
  11. ↑ Munro, Cait (February 20, 2015). "Why is Zoe Buckman Using Her Placenta to Create Art?". Artnet News.
  12. ↑ Cohen, Brianna. "WHAT TO SEE NOW: ZOE BUCKMAN "PRESENT LIFE"". Art Markit. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ Haveles, Kate (July 28, 2014). "Biggie in a Bra". Artlog.
  14. ↑ Amin, Nalisa Alia (October 21, 2014). "Why is artist Zoe Buckman embroidering hip hop lyrics onto vintage lingerie?". ELLE Malaysia.
  15. ↑ Fritz, Katherine (October 17, 2014). "This Artist Embroidered Tupac And Biggie's Rhymes On Lingerie To Make You Rethink Hip-Hop Lyrics". MTV.
  16. ↑ "Artist Zoe Buckman: The definition of Feminine". A Taste for Art. September 7, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  17. ↑ Treffinger, Stephen (March 2016). "The Sparring Feminist".
  18. ↑ Frank, Priscilla (April 27, 2016). "Feminist Artist Embroidered Rap Lyrics Onto Lingerie To Start A Conversation".
  19. ↑ Solway, Diane (March 16, 2016). "Under Armor: Zoë Buckman's Lingerie Feminism".
  20. ↑ Miranda, Carolina (March 17, 2016). "Datebook: The art of Robert Mapplethorpe, photographs in Play-Doh, and zipper paintings".
  21. ↑ "Work: Mostly It's Just Uncomfortable". Zoe Buckman. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Inside the Super PAC Using Art to Affect the Election". Vice. July 21, 2016.
  23. ↑ "The Art World's Most Daring — and Fun — Season". The New York Times. July 28, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Artists". Truth to Power. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Rock The Vote Presents: Truth to Power". The Philly Calendar. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Game On!". June 8, 2016.
  27. ↑ Boyce, Simone (June 29, 2016). "Super PAC uses art to foster political debate".
  28. ↑ Sargent, Antwaun (July 21, 2016). "The First-Ever Artist-Run Super PAC Wants Your Vote".
  29. ↑ "A sequel to Domino's tragic life". Daily Mail. Associated Newspapers Ltd. January 13, 2009.
  30. ↑ "David Schwimmer Is Engaged!". People. March 14, 2010.
  31. ↑ Silverman, Stephen (October 12, 2010). "David Schwimmer Secretly Married Girlfriend Zoe Buckman". People.
  32. ↑ Lipman, Jennifer (October 12, 2010). "David Schwimmer marries in secret". TheJC.com.
  33. ↑ Hughes, Sarah Anne (May 23, 2011). "David Schwimmer and wife welcome baby girl". The Washington Post.
  34. ↑ "At home with... Zoë Buckman & Cleo". The Glow. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
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