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Artist Apolonia Sokol, Compared To A Young Frida Kahlo, Takes Center Stage In Oscar-Contending Documentary ‘Apolonia, Apolonia’
The French artist Apolonia Sokol – focus of the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Apolonia, Apolonia – has been compared to the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. She concedes there may be a few parall…
Things came to a head in 2016 during an art fair at the Paramount Ranch, a place outside Los Angeles where (as W magazine wrote) one could observe an unusual site: “Paul McCarthy’s inflatable butt plug nestled in the cheeks of the Santa Monica mountains.” In a spontaneous attempt at self-liberation, Sokol — who felt Simcho and people like him choking off her life force — stripped to the nude and assumed an arching, gymnastic pose next to the giant green butt plug. Apolonia’s act of defiance, and use of her body as a statement, was inspired by fellow artist and activist Oksana Shachko, a co-founder of the Femen radical feminist movement who had to flee her native Ukraine over a decade ago under harassment by pro-Russian agents.
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