Home Girl exhibition
- Ongoing: until Friday, March 18, 2011
- Sunday: 2:00pm
- Monday: 9:00am
- Tuesday: 9:00am
- Wednesday: 9:00am
- Thursday: 9:00am
- Friday: 9:00am
- Saturday: 10:00am
- Where: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock
- Cost: Not available
- Age limit: Not available
Gallery II February 16 – March 18, 2011
Home Girl
Liz Noble, UALR Artist in Residence - Representational Painter
Reception: Friday February 18, 2011, 5 – 7:30pm
Artist Statement - Liz Noble
My paintings are commentary and satire of my observations of stereotypically feminine beautification and adornment rituals, eating rituals and/or issues, and domestic rituals. The idea of changing the body’s appearance for whatever reason it may be, intrigues me and supplies my subject matter. I explore traditional gender roles, body manipulation, and stereotypes through dress patterns applied to the canvas, through color palette, and through various other media. My work also considers women’s relationships with food—how women feel about food, verses how we are supposed to feel about food, verses how we are basically taught to feel about food by way of mass media. Eating and not eating are ways in which one can also change the body’s appearance and functionality. The dress patterns become even more powerful when juxtaposed with imagery of food and the figure, directly referencing size, control, and form. Finally, my work also explores what it is to be “domestic” and how that has also played into defining gender roles and rituals.
This event was posted Dec. 19, 2010 and last updated Feb. 16, 2011
