Hannah Glaser
College of Fine Arts Studio Art (MFA)
6 Weeks/11 Days
My name is Hannah Glaser, and I am a print/fiber artist inspired by radical craft, feminist art, and camp film aesthetics. My work is defined by my experiences as a queer disabled artist. Having a theatrical background, I am drawn to flamboyant vibrance, and feel it is an act of queer joy and queer defiance. My practice is an extension of the craft practices of the women in my family, who have a history working as seamstresses, and their invisible labor in the home. I am currently in my second year at Florida State University and have been exploring experimental practices in print and fiber. As an interdisciplinary artist, my practice focuses on themes of gender discrimination, medical discrimination, and bodily autonomy. With the current legislative oppression on the rights of reproduction, I create works with the goals of education and community connection, as these are the greatest weapons one can wield.
Print is an ideal medium for this practice, as it is the easiest to create many in a short period, as well as financially accessible to share. Print has a history in punk and political movements. The ritual of making is also reminiscent of sewing and feels like an extension of my family’s practices, continuing the ritual of craft in my own medium and methods. Working in fiber has been a natural progression, studying my family’s work and the medium of past feminist artists. As a material associated with women, it ties with the discrimination I discuss in my work, as well as camp visuals in queer aesthetics. My work is unapologetically feminine, as I refuse to separate my gender from my anger to make it more palatable or legitimate in its consumption. I utilize materials such as lace, glitter, jewels, and menstrual products to craft uncomfortable juxtapositions of imagery.
Artwork Description:
6 Weeks/11 Days responds to the 6-week abortion ban currently in place in Florida. It consists of six lines of weekly underwear, forming a calendar from gestation to abortion appointment, highlighting the limited time available to an impregnated individual. The work features an underwear motif, highlighting the personal nature of the rights being legislated and the invasiveness of the attempted control.