AGENCY

marble, 8”x6”x3.5” (20cmx15cmx9cm), 2013

Agency a life size marble mask exposing the classical ideal of beauty and the female symbolism that still pervades today. A 2017 study by Caroline Criado-Perez, showed that in UK’s statuary, only 2.7% were of historical, non-royal women. The allegorical representations mostly sport the same features and were created at a time when the concept they symbolized (such as Liberty and Justice) were (and still are) not applicable to actual women. There is no pedestal; the jeweled and decorative aspect of being a woman has been left behind. The mask rests on a surface like it was discarded, like the weight of history taken off.