Hair where it doesn't belong:


  • Body hair - the definition of abject is something that has been cast off, or something bad. Hair that has been cast off becomes abject or bodily substance. Since body hair does not belong in society, body hair itself may be viewed as abject. 
  • Hair in place of something feminine or beautiful, for example Julie Curtiss uses contradictions in her paintings and uses hair next to feminine symbols such as red nails. 

  • Hair Steam 16/02/2021 
  • Reminiscent of Object Méret Oppenheim 1936




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