From painting, photography, watercolor, lithography and even textile art, 11 women: Nunik Sauret, Mariana Yazbek, Teresa Zimbrón, Magali Ávila, Chica Ayala, Ana Fuentes, Vanesa García Lembo, Pilar Goutas, Christa Klinckwort, Alina López Cámara and Cecilia Rodarte participate in the collective exhibition Liliths in May. Guests of paradise, which is a conversation of sisterhood and the awareness that it is urgent to create a society where the macho spiral that takes the lives of 11 women a day stops.
The exhibition starts from the certainty of showing that May 10 has a different look, and that being a mother is an act of total freedom, not a biological and social duty, but one more of the many feminine roles, as the painter affirms. Nunik Sauret, who points out that, as creators, they have a voice and their participation in different social and cultural fields helps in the fight against inequality and the violation of women’s rights.
“The task of recognizing ourselves as women in the arts is simply a search for a certain forgotten and relegated nature, we want in this exhibition to show that it is the opposite, in any case, that we must recognize the problems that are within relationships and that of course that exist, and that at this time the aggression has been stronger, but at the same time there has been a response from all women against this”, says the artist who is a member of the Academy of Arts.
Sauret assures that her work gives voice to femininity, sexuality, the word and the work of women, because despite the fact that they continue to be excluded, in this group they are acting and talking about the feminine, “these are different ways of seeing art, of expressing ourselves as women, it is very important to be able to reveal who we are and where we are starting from, and point out that this struggle has been going on for a long time”, affirms the creator born in Mexico City, in 1951.
Chica Ayala, a sculptor born in Monterrey in 1974, and who is another of the participating artists, affirms that motherhood is an option, but above all there is the value of being women and creators. “My work has gold leaf and gold acrylic, because gold is a feminine touch, it is a very powerful and valuable metal.”
The collective exhibition evokes the mythical Lilith, which the Sumerians sculpted, and which is an image that in the Judaic tradition was taken to represent the first wife of Adam, created by God from clay, not from his rib, and who He decides to leave Eden and seek his freedom.
“The look of these works does not seek to be a criticism of those who decide on motherhood, but rather an expression to show that gender inequality, at least in our society, is still present in the family, sexuality, work, politics. , religion and even art”, says Pilar Jiménez in the text of the sample that is exhibited at the La Mercantil de Diseño gallery, at Fernández Leal 107, Coyoacán, throughout May.
The exhibition is on display throughout the month at the La Mercantil de Diseño gallery in Coyoacán.
CECILIA RODARTE
Among the pieces, photographs that account for motherhood stand out.
PILLAR GOUTAS
Violence and patriarchy are part of the themes addressed by the artists.
ANNA SOURCES
The exhibition accounts for the various roles of women.
Alina Lopez Camara
The woman beyond motherhood is also approached by the creators.
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