Goddess or Sex-object?
'Goddess or Sex-object?' 62cm x 104cm © Claire Passmore 2018
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Goddess or Sex-object? 62cm x 104cm ♀ Symbol for Copper, Venus and Female The Isle of Cyprus, origin of all the ancient world’s copper metal and birth place of Venus, the immortal Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, fertility, prosperity and victory. She held high status and power and as a result became the female nude subject of choice for classical Renaissance inspiration. Over time however, her goddess status diminished as she has been transformed from a sex-subject into a sex-object repeatedly represented as the ‘ideal’ woman: thin, pale, and curvy, untouched and pure. Here she is the goddess once more, holding the power of her own fertility in the form of a copper IUD coil. |
You can read more about the making of this quilt from two blog posts I made as I was making the quilt. Click on the buttons below to view the posts.
Copper Venus I & II
'Copper Venus I' 40cm x 40cm © Claire Passmore 2018
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'Copper Venus II' 30cm x 40cm © Claire Passmore 2018
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