Dismorphia Deion: the “help-meet”
beads, glitter, sequins on female mask
A BIT OF SKIRT celebrates womanhood and the challenges every female faces purely on the bases of gender
I have a large number of works planned for this body of work, below are a few completed or in progress to date.
Its Written all over her Face: “i slept, and dreamed that life was beauty,
I woke, and found that life was duty” Ellen Sturgis Hooper (work in progress - 7 pieces)
6th December 1989: a tragic event in Canada fed by misogyny
The Butterfly Masks: agism and woman as ornament:- trophy wife, cheerleader etc. “Men have 4 seasons, women have only Spring” Jane Fonda (in progress 10 pieces)
Ten Thousand Steps: is a testament to women’s labour; much of it unpaid (in progress)
Chai I don suffer Oh: contains 6,000+ acts of violence against women
Better than Horses: “The labor of women in the house, certainly enables men to produce more wealth than they otherwise could; and in this way women are economic factors in society. But so are horses:”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman Women and Economics 1898
(Women of note; some completed to date)
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a bit of skirt