Girandole // The Anthology of Fighting Women, mixed media installation, (2025)
Girandole // The Anthology of Fighting Women, mixed media installation, (2025)
Materials included watercolor, pen, acrylic gel sheets, fishing line, binder clips, paper, and tables. 108 paintings and drawings of women involved in violence- including rebellion leaders, folklore, martial artists, terrorists, and more. Viewers were encouraged to touch the art.
Helen Maroulis, watercolor, 3" x 4"
Durga, pen on acrylic, 3" x 4"
Ya Asantewaa, watercolor, 3" x 4"
The brown paper pamphlets gathered below the paintings are printed with recipe excerpts from The Compleat Housewife (1727) on the covers, and the stories of the painted subjects on the interior. See details above, featuring pamphlet 56, 'Cyntoia Brown-Long'.