Illma Gore

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Illma Gore in the performance Dis / Connect (2015)

Ashley Illma Gore (born March 2, 1992 ) is an American - Australian artist .

Life

Ashley Illma Gore was born as the daughter of Australian real estate developer Mike Gore and his third American wife, Karin. Gore has a twin sister and two half brothers. In 1994, her father died of a heart attack after his real estate business collapsed and the family moved to Canada. Her mother, who is said to have suffered from depression and died in 2009, then moved to Australia. In Ashmore, a district of Gold Coast City in Queensland , Gore attended Trinity Lutheran College. She was homeless for a while when she was eleven. In 2012 she studied the diploma subject Interactive Digital Media . Gore has lived and worked as a performance artist in Los Angeles , California since 2016 .

In March 2016, Gore changed the short text about herself on her own website (“Everything is Art”) to Gender Fluid Futurist (for example: “ Futurist with flowing gender identity ”), press articles also quoted this. A few months later, Gore changed the text again: "I believe that art is not a thing - it is a way." In recent press reports, a non-binary gender identity is not mentioned. Gore's self-image changed every few months until she left the website in 2019.

Artistic career

Gore's art, which expresses itself in particular through drawing , street art and body art and is based on the work of Marina Abramović and Christian Boltanski , she developed as an autodidact ; She does not have a classical art education. As an artist, Gore rose to fame in 2013 when she cycled bare chested through Brisbane in her performance Marriage Equality . She used the exposed skin on her back as a picture surface for the inscription My shirt didn't match my rights. This saying - in German my shirt does not correspond to my rights - referred to Tony Abbott , then the leading candidate of the Liberal Party of Australia for the office of Australian Prime Minister , who had rejected the question of the introduction of same-sex marriage .

In 2015, Gore went public through the Tattoo Me campaign , which was invited to use Gore's body for tattoos . For a payment of $ 10 in favor of a homeless aid organization, strangers could also determine strange and banal texts and images that were immortalized in Gore's skin as a “human canvas”. Initially limited to total proceeds of $ 6,000, Gore expanded the crowdfunding for this promotion to $ 17,500.

Make America Great Again
Illma Gore, 2016
Link to the picture
(Please note copyrights )

Gore finally became internationally known for the colored pencil drawing Make America Great Again , which is valued for one million US dollars in a London gallery and exhibited for sale after two attempts to sell the picture on the eBay portal failed due to shutdown and several US galleries had refused to exhibit it. The drawing, which has been banned from Facebook and other media and which it claims to have resulted in a variety of death threats, prosecution and threats under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and a face injury as a result of a physical assault on a Trump supporter, represents it in the United States the US presidential candidate Donald Trump as an act with a tiny penis . The title of the picture is identical to the slogan of Trump's election campaign ( Make America Great Again ). On her website she wrote:

"'Make America Great Again' was created to evoke a reaction from its audience, good or bad, about the significance we place on our physical selves. One should not feel emasculated by their penis size or vagina, as it does not define who you are. Your genitals do not define your gender, your power, or your status. Simply put, you can be a massive prick, despite what is in your pants. "

“Make America Great Again” was created to elicit a positive or negative reaction from the audience, a response that indicates the importance we attach to our physical selves. One should not determine one's gender or identity by the size of the penis or vagina; the genitals do not define gender, strength or status. In a nutshell: Regardless of what you have in your pants, you can be a big ass. "

Works (selection)

  • Marriage Equality (My shirt didn't match my rights). 2013 performance.
  • I Can't Tell If It's Really Early Or Really Late. Poem 2014.
  • Dis / Connect. 2015 performance.
  • Tattoo Me (Human Canvas Exhibition). Crowdfunding campaign 2015–2016.
  • Make America Great Again. Chalk drawing 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Illma Gore , Biography in the portal rawartists.org , accessed on April 10, 2016
  2. ↑ Ashley Gore , biography on hatchfund.org , accessed on April 11, 2016
  3. ↑ Illma Gore: About. ( Memento from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: IllmaGore.com. February 2016, accessed March 31, 2020 (English); Quote: "Everything is art."
  4. ↑ Illma Gore: About. ( Memento of March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: IllmaGore.com. March 2016, accessed on March 31, 2020.
  5. ^ Neil Murphy: Weird World: Luxury toilet made from Louis Vuitton handbags goes on sale for $ 100,000. In: International Business Times . November 9, 2017, accessed March 31, 2020; Quote: "Her website describes her as a 'gender fluid futurist' who merges" tech, our physical selves and art "."
  6. ↑ Claire Voon: Drawing of Donald Trump with a Micropenis Might Get Artist Banned for Life from Facebook #NSFW. In: Hyperallergic.com. March 11, 2016, accessed March 31, 2020; Quote: "Illma Gore, a self-described" gender-fluid futurist, "[...]".
  7. ↑ Illma Gore: About. ( Memento of July 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: IllmaGore.com. July 2016, accessed March 31, 2020; Quote: "I believe art is not a thing - it is a way."
  8. ^ The Human Canvas . Website in the inenart.eu portal , accessed on April 9, 2016
  9. ↑ My shirt didn't match my rights , YouTube video (1:27 min)
  10. ↑ Topless Lesbian Rides CBD: Brisbane artist Illma Gore rode topless through Brisbane's busy CBD . Article from August 23, 2013 in the portal triplem.com.au , accessed on April 10, 2016
  11. ↑ 'My bod is yours': artist plans to tattoo herself all over with strangers' names . Article from January 20, 2015 on theguardian.com portal , accessed on April 10, 2016
  12. ↑ Interview by Tish Weinstock: illma gore will tattoo your name on her body for $ 10. In: id.vice.com . January 26, 2015, accessed March 31, 2020.
  13. ↑ James Nicholls: Naked Donald Trump artwork by Illma Gore is contemporary art's way of helping to make America great again . Website from April 12, 2016 in the maddoxgallery.co.uk portal , accessed on July 24, 2016
  14. ↑ To sell naked Trump for 1.2 million euros . Article from April 9, 2016 in the portal tagesspiegel.de , accessed on April 9, 2016
  15. ↑ Naked Donald Trump for sale for 1.2 million euros ( Memento from April 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). Article of 9 April 2016 Portal wirtschaftsblatt.at , accessed on April 9, 2016
  16. ↑ Donald Trump naked. ( Memento from April 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: SuedtirolNews.it. April 9, 2016, accessed March 31, 2020.
  17. ^ Despite Death Threats, Artist Will Show Naked Donald Trump Painting in London . Article dated April 8, 2016 in the observer.com portal , accessed April 10, 2016
  18. ↑ Artist threatened with lawsuits if she sells nude Donald Trump painting , The Guardian, April 17, 2018
  19. ↑ US galleries refuse naked Donald Trump painting . Article from April 10, 2016 in the portal stuff.co.nz , accessed on April 10, 2016
  20. ^ Make America Great Again . Website from March 14, 2016 in the inenart.eu portal , accessed on April 10, 2016
  21. ↑ Naked Donald Trump portrait to be shown at London art gallery . Article dated April 6, 2016 on standard.co.uk , accessed April 10, 2016
  22. ↑ Jenn Hoffman: Facebook Unbans 'Trump Baby Dick' Artist, But Won't Let Her Post Images. In: Vice.com . March 22, 2016, accessed March 31, 2020.
  23. ↑ Jason Silverstein: Artist who painted Donald Trump nude portrait says she was assaulted by stranger screaming 'Trump 2016' . Article dated May 3, 2016 in the nydailynews.com portal , accessed on May 25, 2016
  24. ↑ Don't worry, Donald Trump, it doesn't matter what you have in your pants . Article from February 12, 2016 in the portal stern.de , accessed on April 9, 2016
  25. ↑ Published August 12, 2014 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1-5005-7569-4 .
  26. ^ Human Canvas Exhibition. ( Memento from August 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: GoFundMe.com. January 15, 2015, accessed March 31, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Gore, Illma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gore, Ashley Illma (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Australian artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1992