La Militante Artwork

38 x 61 cm - paper and acrylic on canvas - 2023 La Militante is a “false self-portrait”, that is to say a self-portrait that does not look like me. The idea for the painting was born from a conversation with a buyer, who told me that she had used the money from compensation received to buy me a painting, and that the payers would be crazy about it. rage to know that their money had been used for that. This kind of “revenge”, like resilience, made me think of my own story. When I was 19, I was sexually assaulted by what I thought was a friend. After several years of post-traumatic syndrome, paranoia, nightmares and other joys, I woke up as a feminist. This story would change the course of my life, but also of my art. So, I tell myself that it's pretty stupid for the guy who attacked me. He actually shot himself in the foot. He thought he had power over me, to destroy me, to silence me. But he simply brought to life a feminist activist. An activist who now strives to fight guys like him. So guys, think about this before attacking a girl. Behind a victim, there is potentially a future feminist activist. And it will be your fault. (The butterfly is a universal symbol of metamorphosis and rebirth) Papers used: pages devoted to sexual assault in a book on sexuality, "Repair" and "Accident" cards from 1000 Bornes, butterflies in the Disney Bambi book.