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Grad Show 2024

Birds, Bitch and Breakfast Tea

Drawing inspiration from Art History, particularly the Rococo and late Baroque which was especially feminine, graceful, ornate and often playfully provocative, disrupting this with a contemporary narrative that challenges social compliance, Representing strong, formidable woman and reclaiming derogatory female labels. 

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Cougar

An older woman, typically early thirties to mid-forties, who has abandoned traditional rules of romantic engagement and taken as her mission the seduction of as many game young men as she can possibly handle.

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Portrait of a MILF

Short for “mother I’d like to fuck”. It is a term for a woman who is the mother of someone your age, who you’d like to have sex with.

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Damsel

Challenging unwanted male attention and objectification, this piece touches on the continued need for woman to carefully think how they present themselves in order to feel safe. 

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Handle with caution

A personal response to The Menopause, expressing the pain and emotions suffered during this time in a woman’s life.

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Domestic Goddess

Confronts gender inequality; domestically, professionally and sexually.

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She'll be OK .... She's got great legs

This piece touches on gender inequality in the corporate world.

Stereotypically gendered colours and materials emphasise this disparity. Gentlemen’s club and society ties weave the seat. The man on top, the woman underneath. 

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Anything from the trolley?

A slightly clichéd comment on the expected subservience of women in male-dominated environments. The high-heeled leg is covered with broken china, revealing lace underwear and available to serve!

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Trophy

The corset symbolises an idealised form and reveals the hidden complexities and challenges that can exist beneath a seemingly perfect and graceful appearance. It suggests the masks and camouflage we create to protect and disguise, highlighting the disparity between our inner selves and how we present ourselves externally. This intertwines like a complex dance, as society expects women to embody both nurturing homemakers and seductive allure.

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My Bird

My Bird displays an idealised, exaggerated torso, which grows feathers from its back and morphs into a sumptuous fluffy bird with long legs! 

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My Chick

My Chick is a smaller, and less exposed creature..

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