Past Exhibition

Art on Demand 1.1

Artist Kendra Schellenberg & Angelica Born and Curated by Anna Williams
May 30, 2015
to
Jul 05, 2015
EXHIBITION

A simple statement can be so telling of the cultural environment we raise a child in. If, from the moment a child enters the world, we focus on the gender of that child instead of that child as a human being, what chance do we have of ever shrugging the weight of gender stereotypes? Perhaps conversations about topics, such as the ones represented by Kendra Schellenberg, Nastasha Mol and Angelica Born in this exhibition, could take us further along the path towards a day when gender stereotypes no longer reign supreme.

These three Emerge artists address only a few of the ways in which women are marginalized and objectified in contemporary North American culture as a means to challenge these pervasive stereotypes.

In Body, (A)part, Kendra Schellenberg addresses the dehumanizing process of judging women solely on their appearances. Female bodies are visually described as a collection of parts, rather than whole, diverse and nuanced beings. In Angelica Born’s Modern Women series, mannequin-like, Caucasian female figures are faceless but characterized by a multitude of arms, suggesting that the construction of feminine perfection is about both physical qualities and adequacy in fulfilling gendered roles.

Mol’s series I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff, uses Walter Crane’s illustrations from Charles Perrault’s version of The Little Red Riding Hood as a means to emphasize the heteronormative, sexual double-standards that women are bombarded by. Mol’s work problematizes the idea that that men are only interested in “one thing” and that women should to protect their virginity at all costs, implying that this position obscures the possibility that women are agents in their sexual desires and identities.

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