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Shape is the dominant
element here, with color and texture used for emphasis. If the shapes suggest a woman's
sexuality to you, then you're seeing what I saw in it - but there are many subtleties and
many possible interpretations. The
black and white background, yin and yang; the curled and secretive shapes created by the
soft folds in the sheets made from palm fibers (brown) frame a uterine shape; the red
reinforces this theme; the wire can be seen as unifying or destructive - that one's up to
the viewer's own interpretation.
Does this mean the work is about sex? No,
not for me. Does it suggest that a woman's strength - and secretiveness - comes from her
sexuality? That's oversimplifying it, but that's more the direction I was heading.
The title of this piece doesn't translate
well into English... it literally means "light of woman" but there could also be
a meaning of "clarity" or "truth" here too. It's from a favorite film
by Costa-Gavras starring the luminescent Romy Schneider.
Works are always "in progress"
and never "finished" except at a particular moment in time. Sometimes an artist
goes on to the next piece, building on what she has learned in previous works, in the
constant search to present the ideas more clearly. Or sometimes, as in this case, a piece
will be dismantled and reworked entirely - an early step along the way. |
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