In utero

In utero reminisces on the past. It captures the Female essence as it was embodied in the prehistoric goddess of fertility, known for her splendor and abundance. It then weaves in the Catholic faith, pondering on Mary’s virginity as representative of female autonomy. It then grounds itself in the conquests and ongoing struggles of contemporary day-to-day women and their ability or lack thereof to bear life. 

This work is a meditation on women’s relationship with fertility and the sanctity of life. Any decision a woman makes in light of reproducing is often scrutinized and subjected to debate. The choice of whether or not to reproduce, when and how can turn into a political act. Nowadays we have evolved in such a way that women can delay when they have children and this has bettered their quality of life as well as how much they thrive and succeed in contemporary society. For the most part, women are no longer solely conceived of as being the potential for life, an ability for which they have been venerated and exploited for in the past, but have now become the embodiment of life itself. Both as its bearers and protagonists. The artist celebrates this development but is wary of an unwelcome consequence, a severance from the natural and the spiritual. In light of this, the installation seeks to provoke conversation in a space which reconnects the viewer with the Female essence and hopefully this will embolden women and men alike.