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...like a decay in our bones
Muhlhausen, Sara Elizabeth
Muhlhausen, Sara Elizabeth
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My art practice is a blend of academic research and installation of large-scale figurative ceramic pieces within sacred architectural environments. My work is a reaction to the fragmented representations of women in the Catholic Bible. Popular culture, political legislation and network news outlets have adopted the tactics of the Bible to continue the control of women. The figures are manifestations of the effects of biblical rhetoric on the lives and psyches of Catholic women, and those who have survived sexual trauma. I use pornography, pop culture, and biblical narratives to inform my sculptures and installations. I distort these works to conflate the grotesque and the enticing in ways that are similar to the representations of women within the biblical narratives. Below, I will expand on how …like a decay in our bones uses this research.
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2020-05-31
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University of Kansas
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Fine arts, Catholic, Ceramics, Feminist, Figurative, Religious Critique, Sculpture