I am my own muse

"I am my own muse" leverages the body as a political tool that reclaims gender equality, eroticism and women’s place in art history. Fashion, theater, performance and archival revisions are some of the strategies used to transgress hegemonic visions of the feminine.

"I am my own muse" draws from Oroma Elewa’s paraphrasing of Frida Kahlo – “I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.”

This group exhibition featuring AUArts Sessional Instructor Sondra Meszaros brings together the work of women artists who look to themselves and other women as a means of social commentary. Issues of gender, identity, beauty, and fashion are explored over the span of the last century, as contemporary artists are presented alongside pioneers of the photographic art form.

Artist Talk: David Little, Executive Director of The International Center of Photography (ICP), New York in conversation with artists Barbara Astman, Michelle Forsyth and Sondra Meszaros.

Date: Wednesday, May 25 at 6:00 PM

Corkin Gallery, Distillery District, Toronto