Feminishism: Birgit Jürgenssen
Kasia Redzisz, Mousse
November 2019
An early drawing by Birgit Jürgenssen, Scrubbing the Floor (1975), shows three women cleaning the floor. Two of them are on all fours—one with visible cleavage, the other with a dress rolling up her buttocks. The third woman bends over a bucket of water, her legs straight. Their daring gaze is directed at the spectator. The scene is both a typical image of housework and a cliché illustration of erotic fantasy about the sexy maid. […]