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MELT Painting

Em Hatton

Australia

Painting, Acrylic Gouache on Wood

Size: 23.6 W x 19.7 H x 1.2 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Submerged with her boobs and belly floating like islands, this woman has found peace, calm and lightness. Water and the feminine have been traditionally linked in literature and art; Ophelia, rejected by Hamlet and facing the loss of her father drowns herself; her last words being focused on these men, and in Kate Chopin's The Awakening, protagonist Edna Pontellier disappears into the waters of the gulf of Mexico when facing being stuck in a loveless subservient marriage, and left by the man she was having an extra marital affair with. There are extensive depictions of women at the mercy of men opting to punish themselves for their own and other's transgressions; images of the female body floating in water in response to male treatment and for the male gaze; dis-empowered and voiceless. My works explore the serenity, peace water represents and the strength and power of female bodily autonomy, radical acceptance and joy.

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Painting:

Acrylic Gouache on Wood

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

23.6 W x 19.7 H x 1.2 D in

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Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.

My name is Em, I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Sydney’s Inner West. I work across the intersections of painting, digital illustration, graphic art & storytelling and screenprinting. In my work I explore themes of joy, sadness, the body, the female form and mental health. Follow me on on instagram to join my art journey.

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Showed at the The Other Art Fair

Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in Sydney, Sydney

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