MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
Record
resource_ID:
20kcouturier_011
resource_ID:
20kcouturier_012
resource_ID:
20kcouturier_013
resource_ID:
20kcouturier_014
resource_ID:
20kcouturier_015
artist_name:
Couturier , Katelyn
artist_variant_name:
Katelyn Couturier
artist_nationality:
USA
artist_vital_dates:
1993
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Visual Design
graduation_year:
2020
area_of_study:
Graphic Design
additional_acad_degrees :
BA Communications and Foreign Language (American University)
medium:
Sculpture/Installation
work_title:
Because, Doctor, A Single Number is in No Way an Indication of my Vaginal, Reproductive or Sexual Health (I Won�t Get on Your Scale)
technique:
sculptural paper making
work_date:
2019
dimensions:
18" x 22" x 8"
description:
Because, Doctor, A Single Number is No Indication of my Vaginal, Reproductive or Sexual Health (I Won�t Get on Your Scale) is a tribute to my rejection of the scale. I used strawberries specifically as symbol of romance and sexuality in reference to my OBGYN who never asked about my sex life and who, when I asked her to take out my IUD, blatantly alluded to her skepticism that I ever truly needed it. The vagina-like fragment makes reference to a comical conversation I had with her in which she insisted I get on the scale to be weighed because she could not asses my overall vaginal, sexual and reproductive health without that number. I explained my choice not to monitor weight as an essential part of my ED recovery and an integral to my physical and mental health. When she sarcastically said �Well, maybe your mental health,� I told her that if the only way she knew to examine a vagina was with a scale, I�d prefer a more qualified OBGYN. This absurd story occurred just this year and was the first time I had the courage to both self-advocate and end an appointment when I felt uncomfortable or mistreated. This sculpture brings a similar message the installation as my pill sculpture, but with a more overt skepticism of medical �professionals�, and the practicing of my right to self-advocacy.
artist_URL:
katecouturier.com
iptc:
Xmp:

2020

EXPORT
2020