MYTH OF WOMANHOOD


Gretta Sarfaty Marchant says about her work: 'As a result of my fascination for digital imagery and following my studies and experiments on the subject I have created a new series entitled 'The Myth of Womanhood', the title itself is provocative enough in relation to the ‘Female versus Feminism' issue and how the use and abuse of this subject has become a cliché . The series comprises digital photographic images which are duplicated several times, to be then assembled together to form a stimulating kaleidoscopic final picture.

'The Myth of Womanhood' shows Gretta's return to performance art, but here the performance is for the camera alone. For example, the starting point is an image of Gretta standing with her back to the mirror; her arms outspread. For the black and white version, she paints out her head and body leaving the arms to create patterns. Other details are painted out in succeeding prints until we are left with 'Crossarms' which is made up of the reflected images of just one of her arms, repeated to resemble a slightly surreal cross-stitch pattern on black ground.

Crossarms and cut arms against mirror 2006
several ink jet prints on archival paper, tape
232 x 230cm