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12th November to 29th November 2008
Opening: Saturday 15th of November 4 - 6pm
Object Love is an exhibition of photographic self-portraits of female personas portraying multiple identities. I am examining alternative versions of femininity that provide more contradictory, fluid, and liberating approaches. This involves personas that challenge or transgress established and sanctified gender roles. The femme fatale may be considered inside and outside of this definition. Her image is one of essential femininity, however, her character belies typically ‘feminine’ traits such as kindness, submission, and a gentle nature. Her explicit sexuality and violence is central to the subject matter. The conceptual link between my research and studio work is based on one of the most important contributions feminist film theory has made to the larger field of feminist inquiry, that the image of woman is a ‘construction’.
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