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Daisy with Peacock Flower - Limited Edition of 10 Artwork

leslie sheryll

United States

Mixed Media, Digital on Paper

Size: 16.5 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in

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My work explores female identity in a male-centric society. I create digital collages incorporating 19th-century imagery with an infusion of fantasy based on historical and symbolic references. I give names to the women in my series so that each has a personal identity, something women did not have during their lifetime when they were considered to be the property of their husbands. This series focuses on the diminishing options of a woman's right to choose. Abortion was legalized in 1973 but it was not always illegal. Abortion had been an accepted form of birth control since ancient Mesopotamia. It was not until the late nineteenth century that abortion became illegal. There are many reasons for this and some include the Catholic Church, physicians (male) who did not approve of competition from female midwives and healers, the fear that the women’s suffrage movement would take women away from their traditional roles as wives and mothers. Currently, a woman’s right to choose is under attack. A record number of measures restricting abortions have made it increasingly difficult for women to have access to get abortions. In these images, I incorporate traditional herbs and flowers that have been used as forms of birth control since ancient times.

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Mixed Media:

Digital on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:

10

Size:

16.5 W x 24 H x 0.1 D in

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I grew up in New York, and though I now live in Jersey City I consider myself a New Yorker. I received my BFA in photography from Kansas City Art Institute. My work explores male/female relationships in a phallocentric society. I appropriate & digitally alter 19th century tintypes, predominantly of women. I name each woman using names common during the 19th century; thus giving each a personal identity. The 19th century brings together several forces. Studies of biological determination created the belief that men were the superior sex. The roles of men and women were strictly separated. Women belonged at home as wife and mother. This was also advent of the tintype. Now all classes, not just the rich could have their images recorded. Finally this was also the beginning of the women's suffrage movement. Women were increasingly becoming discontent with their restricted lives. It was time to fight for their rights. I use each tintype as my starting point to create a new narrative that incorporates history, personal experience and current social issues of today.

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