Throughout my body of work, I present a female character attempting to break through the social constraints imposed upon women, exploring what it means to live in a female body. I am interested in exposing the hyper-visibility of the young female body and the invisibility of the aging female body throughout art history and in contemporary society.
My portrayal of the naked female body conflates and complicates both anti-feminist and feminist readings. These images can be read as anti-feminist as the figures appear vulnerable and submissive. At the same time, the large, masculine female bodies can be read as feminist; She is intrusive on the viewer’s space exposing her sexuality on her own time in her own terms. In my paintings, the woman is doing the “looking”; she is a desiring sexual subject making decisions about her sexual “object” status.
My portrayal of the naked female body conflates and complicates both anti-feminist and feminist readings. These images can be read as anti-feminist as the figures appear vulnerable and submissive. At the same time, the large, masculine female bodies can be read as feminist; She is intrusive on the viewer’s space exposing her sexuality on her own time in her own terms. In my paintings, the woman is doing the “looking”; she is a desiring sexual subject making decisions about her sexual “object” status.
