"Tiny Anna Calvi stares upwards at an enormous, wall-sized artwork: two screen-printed photographs daubed in urine and coffee of a fully naked, mud-smeared woman deftly pulling a scroll of text out of her vagina. Naturally we're in London's Tate Modern, frowning through the exhibition Feminism and Media, an exploration of gender stereotypes throughout history. Interior Scroll, from performance artist Carolee Schneemann in 1975, aimed to 'present the female body not as an object of contemplation but as a source of creativity'. Calvi, at 16, was preparing for art school: could she have been this kind of artist? 'The 16-year old me definitely didn't have that in mind'. She applauds the motives here but vaginal display as feminist message could never be her style, loathing how 'female artists are always reduced to their body parts, the way men aren't'" ("Q", Outubro 2018)
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