Straight lines are male? curves are female…..each curve is made of straight lines….. Elizabeth Frink only made one female figure, she presumably felt she could express more with the power of her striding males. Alice Kettle’s figures are often powerful, male of female, they share the straight nose and square jaw, the uncompromising stance. They do not seem trapped by gender, they are figures of myth, not of this world. She stitches a lot on the reverse, ensures her work is not contained, trapped within the lines. My daughter bought me those colouring books for Xmas…..purportedly work done with Mindfulness. All I can think to do is chew them up and spit them out, I do not like working within the lines.
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