In the video Magic Moments (Technology/Transformation Wonder Woman), Alex McQuilkin isolates a peculiar yet pervasive trope in contemporary mass media, repurposing footage of spinning women often used to market clothing and perfumes. Referencing the history of both cinema and video art, McQuilkin engages the complex relationship between consumer culture and female identity, questioning where images of feminine youth, beauty, and happiness originate

In a practice spanning videos, drawings, objects, and installations, Alex McQuilkin combines psychoanalysis, maudlin sentimentality, dark humor, and deep sincerity to examine the  construction of female identity in Western culture. Her work has been exhibited internationally  since 2000 and she currently serves as Assistant Professor of Art at Binghamton University, StateUniversity of New York (Binghamton, NY).

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