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Gabriela Godoi, "Them," 2017
oil on canvas. 72" x 48"
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 2, from 3 to 6 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday, March 9, at 3 pm
Moody Rose Christopher, Sharona Franklin, Gabriela Godoi, Sara Khan, and M.E. Sparks
Five artists were invited to choose or produce works that answer a simple yet complex question: how does it feel to be in your body today?
The answers come in multiple formats, mediums, and subject matters – from the body politics movement, in the 1970s, to the grotesque, using acrylics and oil paint on canvas to gelatin, fresh flowers and metal scraps on papier mache. s
ome body, anybody offers space and a platform for artists to look at the body as a tool, artistic material, inspiration, object of desire or repulsion, or just as a starting point for a broader discussion. After centuries of living in a society where women did not exert any control over the narrative of their bodies – what can they wear, when should they speak, where can they go, how they should look – the time to reclaim it is way past due.