Love Muscle
       
     
Installation view, Love Muscle
       
     
When
       
     
she
       
     
whispered
       
     
penetrate
       
     
his
       
     
rocket
       
     
blasted
       
     
into
       
     
her
       
     
yearning
       
     
flower.
       
     
DIE NOW
       
     
DENY NOW
       
     
BLUNDER NOW
       
     
WANT NOW
       
     
TELL NOW
       
     
FEEL NOW
       
     
ACT NOW
       
     
LOVE NOW
       
     
LIVE  NOW
       
     
Love Muscle
       
     
Love Muscle

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas, Formica frames

Love Muscle referred to the erotic fiction genre with a feminist twist. In a series of works, each word of the sentence “When she whispered penetrate his rocket blasted into her yearning flower.” was used as the title of one of the paintings. The paintings also parodied corporate culture through its use of over-stated Formica frames and signage. Each of the “erotic” paintings was interspersed with a work titled with a command. The commands went from negative to positive: Die Now, Deny Now, Blunder Now, Act Now, Love Now, and so on.

Love Muscle is in the collection of The National Gallery of Canada.

Installation view, Love Muscle
       
     
Installation view, Love Muscle

National Gallery of Canada

When
       
     
When

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

she
       
     
she

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

whispered
       
     
whispered

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

penetrate
       
     
penetrate

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

his
       
     
his

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

rocket
       
     
rocket

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

blasted
       
     
blasted

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

into
       
     
into

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

her
       
     
her

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

yearning
       
     
yearning

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

flower.
       
     
flower.

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

DIE NOW
       
     
DIE NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

DENY NOW
       
     
DENY NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

BLUNDER NOW
       
     
BLUNDER NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

WANT NOW
       
     
WANT NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

TELL NOW
       
     
TELL NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

FEEL NOW
       
     
FEEL NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

ACT NOW
       
     
ACT NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

LOVE NOW
       
     
LOVE NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada

LIVE  NOW
       
     
LIVE NOW

Date: 1989
Medium: oil on canvas
National Gallery of Canada