Beyond Boundaries: Feminine FormsMain MenuBeyond Boundaries: Feminine FormsCuratorsSelect Works at PAFAPAFA Installation ImagesSelect Works at BMCBMC Installation ImagesProgrammingRelated ExhibitionsExhibition CatalogueMechella Yezernitskayaa79f660f1df80423beef6cbdfc74777f391c9c88Laurel McLaughlin7aaa77c13c8bd618817d93f2bac4722f1fb908fd
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12017-11-02T13:55:43+00:00Alicia Peaker14f621fb2a70d659e17b3d56249cbca7a6c17f08761Arlene Love, ...monstrous and multiform, 1996. Hand-stained etchin and acquatint on paper, 11 11/16 x 8 3/8 in. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Art by Women Collection, Gift of Linda Lee Alter, 2011.1.284f2017-11-02T13:55:43+00:00Alicia Peaker14f621fb2a70d659e17b3d56249cbca7a6c17f08
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12017-11-06T22:36:21+00:00(de)forming5gallery2017-11-10T14:23:34+00:00 The works in this constellation interrogate the idea of a singular and coherent biological female form. Is there one form? Is it natural? While society and the history of art suggest that such a form exists in an ideal way – whole, intact, orderly, and virginal – these artists celebrate the reality that “feminine forms” are performed and multiple. Contingent not upon biology or cultural norms these works “(de)form” their subjects, conjuring new possibilities for bodies unburdened by societal expectations.