at Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam
February 8 – March 10, 2019
CURATED BY GIRLS AND MELKWEG EXPO TEAMED UP TO CELEBRATE FEMININITY IN ALL ITS SHAPES AND SIZES.
AS SOCIETY MAKES POSITIVE STEPS TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY AND THE HARD LINES BETWEEN GENDERS BLUR, WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOWADAYS TO BE OR FEEL FEMININE? THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART, ‘CURATED BY GIRLS: NEW FEMININITY #3’ EXPLORES CONTEMPORARY FEMININITY WITH A COLOURFUL PALETTE AND CELEBRATES THE SOFTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE.
38 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS PRESENTED AN INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE INTERPRETATION OF WOMANHOOD, DESTABILISING STEREOTYPES AND REFRAMING IDENTITY POWER STRUCTURES. FROM ARMPIT HAIR TO CURVY ROLLS, RAW OR MAGIC IMAGES, EXPRESSING OUTSPOKEN OPINIONS OR SMALL GESTURES. A REPRESENTATION OF BEING COMPASSIONATE, INDEPENDENT AND BOLD. BECAUSE FEMININITY IS AS BROAD AS THE UNIVERSE.
ARTISTS: AGOSTINA VALLE SAGGIO, ALICE SKINNER, AMY GELB, ANDREA GRANERA, ANNA SNOWSILL, ANNIQUE DELPHINE, ASHLEY ARMITAGE, BRANDY EVE ALLEN, CARLY HUNT, CÉCILE HOODIE, DAANTJE BONS, ELENA HELFRECHT, ELSA KOSTIC, EYLÜL ASLAN, GUNDRÖW, IAMHUMANZ, JOANNA SZPROCH, JOSEPH WOLFGANG OLHERT, JOHN YUYI, JULIA DE LA TORRE, KANYA IWANA, KAREN NAVARRO, LAETITIA KY, LANA PRINS, LAURENCE PHILOMENE, LOTTE VAN EIJK, MAANSI JAIN, MARGHERITA LOBA AMADIO, MISS MEATFACE, NÚRIA ESTREMERA, PARKER DAY, PIXY LIAO, SARA LORUSSO, SCARLETT CARLOS CLARKE, SOPHIE STEINER, TROPHY WIFE BARBIE, VENUS LIBIDO, WILLEMIEKE KARS
