Artwork name: Source of Life
Artwork dimension: 60×40 cm
Triptych
Technique: print on silk, embroidery
The work examines the connection between the bruised vagina as the source of life and life saving which is manifested in the restoration of virginity and the creation of a vagina in sex change processes.
Amazingly, the vagina does not belong to the women themselves, it is controlled, managed, penetrated and blocked by the male hegemony, the social order and those with religious authority. The need to repair and save lives conflicts with the sense of injustice in the very need for these medical procedures. The combination between the bluntness of the images and the delicate and colorful tissue allows a little release from the feeling of frustration and helplessness and conveys a message of change. The artist’s use of the medium of photography and embroidery connects the professional and artistic worlds and illuminates connections of observation and attention to detail until merging with the object. In the work, from right to left, a word for women, birth trauma and the restoration of virginity are shown.
