Cover Her Head

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the female body can be a battle ground both attacked from the outside and from the inside. women have been seen as vulnerable and yet temptation, leading men to hostile thoughts and action
I am exploring the concept of shifting attitudes by placing the female form in the warrior position. both transgressive to accepted attitudes but also stimulating questions as to force and its traditional use by men.Do women want to join in or oppsoe violent power, to defend themselves, subdue, conquer.
questioning violence. Annette Masssenger looks at body parts, hanging as in an abattoir

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Experiments with using the weight of women, which is so seldom part of the art world. Enthusiastically received by older women who rarely see them selves represented. Trying to explore the concept of applying Male attitudes to war to women [self defence?]to create a conflict of assumptions