Femininity (?)

The project “Femininity (?)” revolves around the concept of femininity and the ideological conflict built upon it.

"You deserve what you dream"
120x100 cm
Mixed media on canvas
2017
"Women that flow"
100x200 cm
Mixed media on canvas
2017
"Could boundaries fade away?"
80x100 cm
Mixed media on canvas
2017
"Please Unlock"
110x150 cm
Mixed media on canvas
2017
"Balance within limit"
120x85 cm
Soft pastel on paper
2017
"Balance within limit"
120x85 cm
Soft pastel on paper
2017
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2017
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2017
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2017
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2017
120x90 cm
Mixed media on paper
2017
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2017
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2016
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2016
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2016
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2016
60x45 cm
Mixed media on paper
2016
45x60 cm
Mixed media on paper
2016
40x40 cm
Watercolor and ink on paper
2017
40x40 cm
Watercolor and ink on paper
2017
40x40 cm
Watercolor and ink on paper
2017
40x40 cm
Watercolor and ink on paper
2017
40x40 cm
Watercolor and ink on paper
2017
40x40 cm
Watercolor and ink on paper
2017
40x40 cm
Watercolor and ink on paper
2017

Concept

Gender stereotypes imply social constructs that confront masculinity with femininity, establishing boundaries that might limit the person's development. Within these boundaries, everyone is explicitly or implicitly invited to fit the "norm", otherwise people tend to be socially outcasted.

How do we overcome the contradiction between the ideas of “womanhood” and “personhood”? Are gender stereotypes harmless or do they limit our identity development? What does being a woman means? Is there a concrete definition of femininity?

Judith Butler:
“Identity categories are never merely descriptive, but always normative, and as such, exclusionary.”
“Feminists should understand ‘woman’ as open-ended and as a term in process, a becoming, a constructing that cannot rightfully be said to originate or end… it is open to intervention and resignification.”