Virginia Mallon

EVEN IN THE GARDEN / INNER BEASTS

 

Even in the Garden explores myths, bible stories, and fairy tales about women's role in the world, touching upon fictional events portrayed as reality that represent the loss of feminine power and the birth of the patriarchy. It launches from antiquity and reaches forward toward today to examine how antiquated ideology still rules our contemporary world. The title, Even in the Garden, reflects on how women through time primordial and even in a fictional paradise were in trouble.

 

 

INNER BEASTS

 

Women are groomed from a very early age to conform, as so aptly stressed in the Barbie movie, “You have to be thin, but not too thin…you have to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women…never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish..”  It is no wonder that the term masking was coined.  We mask to deflect attention, to conform to societal pressures.  This series looks at what is under the mask, the authentic, yet hidden, inner beasts.

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