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Jun 16, 2020 · I am in training don’t kiss me by Claude Cahun, 1927, Jersey Heritage This is one of Cahun’s most defining photographs. Many view this presentation of identity as almost homosexual.
- Jacqueline Martinez
Mar 11, 2020 · Claude Cahun, Self-portrait (I am in Training…. Don't Kiss Me), ca. 1927 © Claude Cahun. They recall an effeminate version of maleness that contemporary Europeans saw in Arabic countries – a cultural trope ruthlessly dissected in Edward Said’s “Orientalism” (1978).
With coquettishly pursed lips, the English words across Cahun's chest humorously read: "I am in training don't kiss me." With a gaze coy and inviting, it is at the same time contemptuous and mocking, ridiculing the viewer for being attracted to what is blatantly not on offer.
- French
- October 25, 1894
- Nantes, France
- December 8, 1954
Breton hailed Cahun as 'one of the most curious spirits of our time' but was openly homophobic, allegedly avoiding Cahun and Moore when he saw them in Parisian cafés. Claude Cahun, I am in training, don't kiss me (1927).
- Olivia Fletcher
Jun 22, 2023 · A Surrealist Queer Prophet. Candy Bedworth 22 June 202311 min Read. Claude Cahun, I am in training, don’t kiss me, 1927, Jersey Heritage Collection, Jersey, UK. Detail. Claude Cahun famously said “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only gender that always suits me.”
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Aug 23, 2022 · Elaborate costumes and props began to crop up in her works as an amplification of gender performance; one of her most iconic images from the period, I am in training don’t kiss me (1927), depicts her as a coquettish bodybuilder toting a barbell, dolled up with cutesy heart-shaped cheeks, puckered lips, and kiss curls.
Through an exploration of the multiplicities of gender, works such as the self-portrait from their series I am in Training Don’t Kiss Me (1927) declare that Cahun’s gender is both allowed to be on public display while simultaneously not to be objectified and exoticized by the male gaze.