Cross Dressing - Cret de la Predrix
This work was made when Woffenden was living in South East France in a regional park area called the Pilat, where the crucifix in many forms and materials - concrete, iron and wood - is a feature on hills and by roadsides. She became interested in placing work in and exploring the genius loci of a landscape. In her work Woffenden questions the value systems in society, the feeling of being out of tune or overpowered, in this case thinking about the gendered symbolism of the cross and ideas within Christianity and its repercussions. A dress feminises the symbolism and because it’s a bridal dress it also submits to that religious idea.
2009
Photograph on lightbox
100.0 x 150.0 x 10.0 cm
792
© Emma Woffenden. Image courtesy of The Ingram Collection © JP Bland
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).
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