Ed Kienholz's assemblage 'The Illegal Operation,' on view at LACMA, muses on back-alley abortions.
Edward Kienholz, “The Illegal Operation ,” 1962, mixed media
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote the opinion, which includes imbecilic reference to a notorious 17th centurymost widely known for his ardent belief in witches, whom he condemned to death for wickedness. After a draft of the opinion was leaked in the spring, Alito’s misogynistic reasoning was widely dissected and even mocked in aghast legal circles.
Alito and his self-righteous cohorts might as well have been deciding the fate of inert lumps of the sort to which Kienholz gave blistering form. The living, breathing, flesh-and-blood women who will suffer and die at the hands of abortionists have been excised from consideration. The court’s ruling will not stop abortion, as everyone knows, instead terminating abortion safety.
Do not expect that to happen. Kienholz’s “The Illegal Operation” is powerful for what it so indelibly represents, a ruthless scene of cruelty that can only flourish if hidden away and kept silent. Such is the nature of important art. And such is the purpose of a museum’s permanent collection, where paintings and sculptures sit patiently cared-for as time passes — until, suddenly, a moment calls for them to step forward to shake us by the lapels or take us by the hand.
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