These images show a chair currently under construction upon the theme of fetish. Taking Allen Jone’s furniture girls as a focus this chair will be gloss black, the seat will have a hole in it so the vice will protrude out – suggesting fetishism clothing. I will try and take the harshness out of the chair by rounding off the corners. The seat back and bottom will be covered in the slick pvc fabric of fetishist clothing.
Obviously with the making of penis comes the obvious jokes, homosexual quips etc. It seems that in modern society this is the done thing, to make penises mean you are obsessed with or must be gay and you’re futile efforts to encourage people otherwise only confirm your homosexuality. Oh well small minds. I would be lying to say I have not been guilty of similar offences, but this being an art environment you expect a bit more…
It’s led me to question my making of these and the REAL reason but all I come back to is the original symbolism of man. I think their life-likeness will only add to the reaction when they are crushed.
The picture shows a small stack of my finished penises from a shoot for the degree show catalogue.
Final images of “The Throne” or “Leech”. These are to be the images that will be in the degree show catalogue. I like the starkness of the image, it looks so brutal with the relic of the phallus underneath it in the second image. as this is the space in which they will displayed I’m very happy with the way that the images came out.
Through speaking and talking about my work a few people have said to me that my work is sexist I hadn’t really thought of it in this way. I’m just creating a personal response this got me thinking which, in turn led me to look at the definition:
Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on a person’s sex. Sexist attitudes may stem from traditional stereotypes of gender roles, and may include the belief that a person of one sex is intrinsically superior to a person of the other. A job applicant may face discriminatory hiring practices, or (if hired) receive unequal compensation or treatment compared to that of their opposite-sex peers. Extreme sexism may foster sexual harassment, rape and other forms of sexual violence.
i could try to argue that my work is not sexist or prejudice in anyway. However the fact of the matter is that it is heavily prejudice. It offers my view on women and my view alone. However this is my view from experience. i know that to tar one and all with the same brush is somewhat unfair, however men are branded the same, this doesn’t make it right for me to do it but I’d quite like to put my view across. Men can be snared and trapped and hurt equally as much as women can by men. It is i feel better to recognize that my work is deeply sexist than to try and say otherwise, as this would be foolish.
