one in ten
Cornelia Peckart
1 in Ten, 2009
Watercolour and Gouache on Canvas
8" x 16" x 20
One in Ten (2009) is an installation of 20 gouache paintings that explore gender inequality in the arts and systemic in many professions. The installation includes three canvases that are still in process. The illustrations depict an archetypal female reaching upwards as she going about her parental chores and daily responsibilities. The illustrations offer a variety of distractions that exasperate the gender imbalance.
The women's calm, non-confrontational manner and classical poses reinforce her role as decorative subject, caregiver and muse.
The paintings are hung as a decorative architectural frieze adjacent to the ceiling of the Gallery. The ceiling line of the gallery represents a glass ceiling in the arts profession. In one out of ten canvases a woman makes her way through the upper edge of the canvas and through the ceiling.
The many women who remain on the canvases illustrate the numerical imbalance of exhibitions in major museums of North America by female artists.
1 in Ten, 2009
Watercolour and Gouache on Canvas
8" x 16" x 20
One in Ten (2009) is an installation of 20 gouache paintings that explore gender inequality in the arts and systemic in many professions. The installation includes three canvases that are still in process. The illustrations depict an archetypal female reaching upwards as she going about her parental chores and daily responsibilities. The illustrations offer a variety of distractions that exasperate the gender imbalance.
The women's calm, non-confrontational manner and classical poses reinforce her role as decorative subject, caregiver and muse.
The paintings are hung as a decorative architectural frieze adjacent to the ceiling of the Gallery. The ceiling line of the gallery represents a glass ceiling in the arts profession. In one out of ten canvases a woman makes her way through the upper edge of the canvas and through the ceiling.
The many women who remain on the canvases illustrate the numerical imbalance of exhibitions in major museums of North America by female artists.
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