$500.00
Cheese Box of Vulvas
25 puffy shells in a box to play with!
Size: 20 H x 15 W x 2 D (closed)
Subjects: Feminist abstraction
Styles: abstract, Modern
Mediums: sculpture
Materials:muslin,calico, digital embroidery, polyester thread, fiber fill, antique wood cheese box
Years ago, well into my middle age, I was invited to a grad school costume party. We were to clothe ourselves as our favorite mythological character. Mine was The Great Earth Mother, a giant vulva, built from stuffed pantyhose and paint. I found myself feeling embarrassed among all the beautiful, nubile women who dressed in togas and pulled their hair back, shot through with flowers and vines, wanting to be seen as sexy representations of Aphrodite. Where was the feminist grit and humor of the 1970’s?
I am now, officially, an older artist and far less embarrassed. My issues are the feminist issues of power, gender and ageism. As with all body parts, vulvas age, but they remain silly, sexy and life giving. When I began to accumulate these trapunto vulvar objects, they made me giggle. And why not? It is a garden of vulva/shells, shuffling for space, in all shapes and configurations. In Grandmother’s calicos and respectable muslin, they compete to be seen. It’s a party! In a cheese box! And, why not?
sculpture
[su_box title=”Susan Hensel” box_color=”#2a6bb0″] Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career, who combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. Susan received her BFA from the University of Michigan in 1972 with a double major in painting and sculpture and a concentration in ceramics. With a history, to date, of over 200 exhibitions, more than 30 of them solo, twenty garnering awards. Above all, Hensel’s desire to communicate stories through art continues to be a powerful motivator. Hensel’s artwork is known and collected nationwide, represented in collecting libraries and museums. [/su_box]
| Dimensions | 2 × 21 × 21 in |
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