Janine Antoni

This work is perhaps Antoni's most famous. She first caste one block of lard and one block of chocolate. Then chewed off parts of each and spit it out. The gnawed lard was then turned into lipstick, and chocolate into special Valentine's chocolates.

With this piece Antoni painted an entire gallery floor using her own her. The gallery was open while she painted as part of the show.

This piece is a rawhide mold of Antoni's body. She soaked the leather in water and then had it placed over her body. She stayed in this position for hours until the leather dried to the shape of herself.

Her work is interesting because of the level of physical involvement Antoni has with her art. She is almost always creating an incredibly strenuous task for herself as, which becomes as much the art as the finished result is.