Sharing my thoughts this week on my theme of Women being Bound by Cultural Preconceptions I have received a lot of encouragement, which in a way I found surprising as the work is not particularly attractive even in these days of post feminism it still seems to strike a chord.
One suggestion was that I should also work with the idea of women breaking Free from these bonds, which chimes with my thoughts not to idealise victim hood.
There is an opportunity to take part in a pop up exhibition at ArtSkool, so I hope to get the opportunity to construct a large figure, MAYPOLE? linked to sketches of bound women on the wall [the brief is drawing based}. Just thought of Michaelangelo’s figure escaping from the marble. That is male, who also have to escape their cultural bonds, but my experience is of women so I hope my work will be authentic rather than sloganising……
