Bradley McCallum (b. 1966)From the series Cut
2006
high definition video with sound, c-print, 2006
Courtesy of the Artists
Video and photography are combined to create unsettling self-portraits of the artists cutting each other's hair. This simple act is transformed into a sexually charged, racially fraught, and emotionally complex performance, which suggests that the cutting of hair represents an act of collaboration, dominance and submission, intimacy, punishment, and control.