female

Futures Project Part 6

One in Four Girls Have Been a Victim of Sexual Discrimination or Sexual Harassment at Least Once in Their Life

I have written statistics highlighting truths about gender inequality on the paintings that prove feminism is an issue of the future, not just of the past.

Two Hundred Million Girls Have Undergone Female Genital Mutilation
Four Hundred Thousand Women in the UK are Sexually Harassed Every Year.

My intention was that from a distance the figures look like they have abstract shapes drawn on them, ut as you move closer the words come into view.

Following the Crit session we had, I decided to take on board the advice I was given and also do pieces that are in the shape of the figures, but just made up of words.

I did these figures on A1 tracing paper which I laid on top of the paintings.

Most Women Are Cat Called For the First Time During Puberty
One in Three Women are Sexually Abused at Some Point in Their Life
Sixty Two Million Girls Are Denied Education All Over the World

I tried to write the words in a way that not only the outline of the shape could be recognised as a women, but also certain features were highlighted as much as possible, such as: the breasts, the hair and the head and neck.