Goddess Assembly Lines, Annual Women's Day Exhibition
Bonnie Leyton
Undrea Norris
Dates Showing: February 27th - April 5th, 2000
For the Annual International Women's Day Exhibition, artists Undrea Norris and Bonnie Leyton examine the politics of style. Intrigued by the limitations of the skirt as a symbol of femininity, Norris asked local women to photograph themselves in their favourite skirt. Her new paintings depict five larger-than-life, Goddess-like images of women taken directly from polaroids and disposable camera shots. Leyton's collection of mixed-media and clay sculptures and small paintings examine fashion as a disguised form of bondage. From a non-critical point-of-view, Leyton camps up the many ways we alter our body to be perceived as sexy, from Cinderella's shoes to S/M.
A sampling of comments from the comment book:
"Great concept -- SEXY!"
"Very revealing!"
"I like the way it gets in there and mucks around with materials and the psyche -- funny in a deep and disturbing way."
 
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