Title: Underempowered

This piece is part of the series, "Icons: Las Virgencitas (Our Beloved Virgins)", a social critique examining the legacy of gender politics in relation to race, body image, cultural aesthetics, and the overall social issues, that  result in exploitative structures.

The collection in its enterity, is comprised of 12 mixed media portraits of sexualized virgins; only 9 are available for sale. 

These virgins serve as ironic analogies, that convey the incongruity between pious religious standards, and the overtly sexualized female constantly promoted by mainstream media.

The thought-provoking images, reflect on the impact that Hollywood's conceptualization of womanhood has had, on the collective female psyche (within an intersectional framework).

 This specific painting deals with the historic portrayal of women in the film industry.

 

"In 2014 77% of female characters –in television & film- were white, 13% were African American, 4% were Latina, 4% were Asian, and 2% were of some other race or ethnicity. Female characters were more likely than male characters to play roles such as wives, mothers and girlfriends, while male characters were more likely than female characters to play work-related roles. Despite comprising roughly 50% of the U.S. population, females make up less than a third of all speaking characters on screen and less than a quarter of the leads/co leads driving the storylines”. - Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, San Diego State University.

 

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