Her Read

A Graphic Poem

2021 INDIES Winner
Bronze, Poetry (General)
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In the tradition of reusing canvases, Steinorth takes a seminal text, "The Meaning of Art" by Herbert Read, and with the liberal use of correction fluid, scalpel, and embroidery floss, transforms the book from art criticism into feminist verse. Though the maternal body appears with frequency in Read’s illustrated text, he includes zero female artists. "Her Read" is an excavation of buried voices, a reclamation of bodies framed in gilt, and an homage to those whose arts remain unsung.