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Frankie Long
chessie.long@ntlworld.com | 07912 852566 | instagram: frankielouiselong
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#pattern #design #print #interior #traditional
#artstudent #endtampontax
I am beginning to realise the significance of the role
social media is playing within my art practice. It’s the
most accessible source of social commentary and
it’s also the main way I present my artwork to the
world. My practice looks into the way women are
currently viewed in society. I’m angry about
inequality towards women. Many people try to
trivialise sexism or present counter-arguments that
women are over-reacting when an issue around
inequality is raised. I therefore want to bring to
attention through the works I produce the issues I
see women facing. My approach is through the
media, materials and processes I use. The lino
printing reflects a relentlessness of activity, through
the labour of cutting and the repetition of the
printing, and the paper I have handmade represents
the domestic roles of women. Flowers are important
images within my work and I subvert their female
associations by rendering vaginas in their petals. I
do not want to confine myself to a singular stance
concerning women’s gender inequality, as even
when exposed these issues transcend geographical
and political borders and continue to need to be
voiced.
‘Untitled’, 2015 (lino print on handmade paper and carved plaster)
‘Untitled’ , 2015 (lino print on handmade paper /carved plaster)
‘Untitled’, 2015 (lino print on handmade paper and carved plaster)
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