Sterbak is primarily known for art dealing with conceptions of the body, and often times specifically the female body. Much of her work has a dark, sardonic, feminist commentary running strongly throughout. She is originally from Prague and moved to Canada with her parents in the late 1960's. And began her art career in the late 70's and 80's. Her work often had to deal with restraint, or control, as in the example image above, where Sterbak herself hung helpless in a steel cage (in the form of a hoop skirt) while viewers were invited to move her around the gallery via remote control. Another of her most famous pieces--made even more famous now that it was donned by Lady Gaga--is Vanitas; Flesh Dress for an Albino Anorectic (1987) in which a lithe model wore a dress comprised entirely of rotting flank steak.
I have to admit it, I love feminist art. You would think that it would get old after awhile, and that people would say all we have to say, but all you have to do is turn on an NFL Cowboys game, or a NBC televised beauty contest to see that there is still a relevancy to feminist art in today's society.