Skip to content

Posts tagged ‘pain’

Excision

Photo gallery → Click here to view

Excision

© Circé

oil on canvas

9in. x 12in.

$275.00CAD

This physically small painting refers to a huge and long standing practice of FGM ( female genital mutilation ). The image of an excised vagina, the labia has been removed, is a horrifying and blatant image of the practice and it’s impact on women. In contrast to the journey towards coming into her own vagina, Circé sees this image as iconic in the war against women and the ownership and ultimate control over women’s bodies.

 

5 Comments
14 Jan 2012

Shut up and be pretty

Photo gallery → Click here to view

Shut up and be pretty / Tais-toi et sois belle

sanguine, charcoal and pastel on paper

17in. x 20in.

Collection of Ms. Alexandra Dean, Ontario, Canada

Circé speaks to the silencing of women and the other messages that women internalize and are conditioned to adhere to. ” Be seen and not heard ” as well as other oppressive realities that serve to infantilize and silence women. Although she is not crying, the pain and watery eyes speak to her vulnerability, the black electrical tape used to silence her is a stark and brutal visual reminder that the collective and individual voices of women are often silenced and lost.

Leave a comment
28 Oct 2009
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 804 other followers