Alexis Hunter

thumb|right|Alexis Hunter, photo by Charles Thomson http://www.stuckism.com/thomson/index.html Copyright © Charles Thomson, stuckism.com. Released under GFDL. Alexis Hunter (4 November 1948 – 24 February 2014) was a New-Zealand born painter and photographer who explored feminist issues through her work. Quotes When you're painting you feel quite attune with everything... it's a great pleasure, quite addictive. Alexis Hunter in Pleasures and Dangers, documentary on NZ on Air I felt very strongly about feminism and photography better expressed my political ideals. Found at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa's Alexis Hunter: The model's revenge. They become a body not a person, then just an image not an image of a person. Describing models in her series Untitled, found at Te Papa's Alexis Hunter: The model's revenge. I think I would have been more successful, but less interesting. Describing her career if she was a male, found in Felicity Milburn. (14 March 2014). I am woman see me paint. The Press. Accessed 21 Jan 2026. It was too hard to be a feminist artist on your own; the criticism was too great to bear. Found in Ron Brownson. (30 Dec 2015). Remembering Alexis Hunter. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Accessed 21 Jan 2026 Art is a structure of symbols, and those people who do not comprehend that language will pass it by. Found in Auckland City Art Gallery. (1989). Alexis Hunter: Fears/Dreams/Desires. ISBN 0 86463 167 7. I don't want to work unless there is some meaning that by painting I can communicate something personal and political. A painting is ambiguous, very sensuous and has to come from your core. Found in Auckland City Art Gallery. (1989). Alexis Hunter: Fears/Dreams/Desires. ISBN 0 86463 167 7. I might refer to the female now, but she is always active, symbolic of female action and although painted in a sensual style, she is not up for sale, not offered to the viewer. This is one of the reasons I started using animals. Found in Auckland City Art Gallery. (1989). Alexis Hunter: Fears/Dreams/Desires. ISBN 0 86463 167 7. External links Category:Women from New Zealand Category:1948 births Category:Women born in the 1940s Category:Painters from New Zealand Category:Women artists Category:Photographers from New Zealand Category:Living people