WOMEN IN SILECIO is presented as a silent manifesto. A recognition of women who for generations have been part of a quiet history.
Patterned linens, subtle folds, draw the body of a woman of classic beauty, inspired by the Greek caryatids. This time her face is veiled, hidden. It is the veil that demands a look beyond the physical, beyond any archetype of immovable proportions as the only value of femininity. It is the look at centuries of silenced intellects.
In the art of the S XX the human figure collects the anguish of what has been lived, moving away from the ideal man, even reflecting his fragility. Here the figure is not put a face, its individuality depends on the viewer who is asked to interact with the piece from their personal reflection: Do these women have their own names? Do you know them? Do you remember them? How many of them signed hiding their name? ...
Every concrete story takes place in its time and space. The bodies are accompanied and enveloped by the representation of a lintel architecture. This architectural construction has a double symbolism: on the one hand it is what each of those anonymous dwellings was able to build, its influence on those who were its voice, on whom they projected their life; on the other hand, it is an evocation of Bacon's human cages. The exhibition ends with the woman trapped by a role assigned by society, she limits her freedom and her dreams.