This is some research on Sarah Lucas, one of my favourite feminist artists, and some of my own work inspired by her infamous fried eggs piece.

These are sketchbook pages from my current project based on feminism.  I will be turning domestic objects such as aprons and rubber gloves into museum artefacts and relics as a symbol of a generation of women lost to domesticity.

These are two feminist posters inspired by the “We Can Do It” campaign. The masculine attributes and stance of the model, much like “Rosie the riveter”, adopts a more powerful role for women and suggests equality to men.

The background for this piece is Adika and Dike Greek goddess’ of injustice and justice. It is both subtle and powerful; it’s violence (Dike beating Adika) evokes strong emotions and is a reminder of injustice towards women. The hot orange of the face makes the model appear threatening.

Notice the kitchen sink in the background of this piece, implying the abandonment of domesticity.

This is a life drawing exploring colour with acrylic and oil pastel, playing with the interaction of light and the body.  

This is an expressive investigation of tone in black and white acrylic which has an almost sculptural feel to it.

I Will Burn My Books

Upon reading “The Bloody Chamber” I made these as a metaphorical representation of prejudice as a monster. The wolf is a significant symbol of the animal nature of men, and women’s denial of her own animal nature. I continued the theme in Marlow’s “Dr Faustus” of the danger of books and knowledge.

Materials used; books and pages scrunched and torn, masking tape, wire, acrylic.

The Hero project

Based on the theme “The Human Condition”, after visiting the old “Pauper Lunatic Asylum”, in Wakefield, I created this latex straight jacket. Inspired by the book “The Denial of Death” it symbolises the duality of the human soul in our belief that even past the death of the physical self the symbolic self will live on and the refusal to accept complete non-existence. It is a portrayal of the flesh as a restraint for the imagination, like a prison and a juxtaposition of the weakness of the body and the strength of the mind.

Materials used; liquid latex, syringes, ink, broken cds, old belt, wire modelling clay, photos, tissue paper, paracetamol.