Painting
Best When He Does It
Best When He Does It appropriates a 1960s hair product advertisement. The work aims to explore gendered power dynamics within mass images.
Painting
Most Kissed Lips in History
A diptych exploring the connection between Marilyn Monroe and L’inconnue de la Seine. The work examines how images of women are used and exploited, even after their deaths.
Painting
On the Floor
On the Floor appropriates a 1960s advertisement for mens pants. The work explores the violence embedded within gendered mass images.
Painting
Rosie, Carol, Eleanor, etc.
Rosie, Carol, Eleanor, etc. appropriates a 1960s advertisement for mens pants. The work explores the violence embedded within mass images.
Painting
Self-Portrait (Jane Fonda)
Self-Portrait (Jane Fonda) is a painting made up of 12 reproductions of an image of Jane Fonda reclining by the poolside; with each iteration, every iteration but the previous was covered up, causing the reproductions to naturally distort from the... More
Video
Silver Linings
Silver Linings is an experimental short film shot on 16mm, hand developed and distressed. Touching on themes of gender, power, and the moving image, the film explores the relationship between the body and celluloid film. Through the physical... More
Painting
Tame
Tame appropriates a 1960s advertisement for a hair product. The work explores the violence and gendered stereotypes behind commercial images
Painting
The Treachery of Images (This is not a Gag)
The Treachery of Images (This is not a Gag) appropriates an 1970s advertisement selling a perfume. The work explores the violence embedded in mass images.
Work by
Olivia Bill
Multidisciplinary
“Appropriating commercial photographs from the 1950s-1970s, my work explores ideas surrounding gender, power, violence and desire. My work aims to question these highly constructed photographs,...” [More]