The Archer (Sunset), 1994 (Berks County, PA)
Seated Archer, 1993 (Mendocino, CA)
"The photograph of the artist and activist Matuschka dispels the myth that men are the stronger sex. I have made copies of the image for all my male friends."
–Kirk Voisin, Brooklyn, NY
Tattooectomy 2002
Sunday Morning, 1993
Classic Nude, 1992
Pledge, 1993
"Matuschka made breastlessness a public spectacle that almost no one expected to see."
–Rosemarie Garland-Thomson From "The Feminist Film Philosophy Reader"
Camera Ready Art, 1992
White Dress, 1991
No Breast, 1991
Archer Drawings, 1992
Picture Prevention, 1994
Beauty Out Of Damage, 1993
Vote For Yourself, 1991
According to Greek myth, "there existed women who cut off their right breasts to make it easier to use a bowstring, and thus were named "a mastos," from the Greek "without breast.""
Matuschka began her Amazon series immediately after her surgery with a series of drawings. The sketches above, corrolate to the photographs eventually taken by the artist afterwards. (1991-1994)
The Amazon Archer, 1994
Camera Ready Art, 1991 (NYC)
Golden Girl, 1992 (NYC)
Mermaid, 1993 (Malibu, CA)
"It wasn't just her damaged chest but her resilient dignity which was so powerful."
–Sandra Day O'Connor
Supreme Court Justice, Breast Cancer Survivor
Classic Nude B & W #1, 1992
The New Deal, 1994
Madonna, 1994
The Hand, 1992
Centerfold, (Poloroid) 1992
Turban (Standing , 1992
Turban Squat, 1992