Circumsicion
Looking over the shoulder of the woman, it ameliorates a desolate mood. The observer is even further removed from the want. Like a carefully kept secret, it rejects intrusion. Female circumcision remains a practice even in Europe and Africa in modern times. A girl is held down by her mother while her grandmother performs a home surgical cliterectemy with a dirty knife and be sewn up. Ensuring her purity retains honor for the family and herself. They can remain hopeful for a suitable marriage. That is the extent of concern for a daughters well being in oppressively religious backgrounds.
This piece was Inspired by Ayaan Hiirsi Ali Somalian refugee and the murder of Vincent Van Gogh’s grandnephew film director Theo Van Gogh. Muslim doctrine forbids the depiction of natural forms in Art, and perhaps the lack of exposure their culture has had to the female form has actually stifled the liberty of women. That western women bare their breasts, like Delacroix’s Parisian Victoria, is perhaps a psychological factor in the West that grants the fairer sex’s civic freedom.
angel4many Davinder Kaur
ReplyDelete@zabetpucket @AyaanHirsiAli It is great that you depict social causes in #art - I commend you for your great work!