A New Series of Cyanotypes Barbie : The Golden Years have travelled to Miami Beach Art Basel with Ames Yavus this week as part of their presentation title God is a Woman.
‘Ames Yavuz is pleased to return to Art Basel Miami Beach with a presentation titled God is a Woman, highlighting new and significant works by Emily Floyd, Joy Gregory, Thania Petersen, Patricia Piccinini, Pinaree Sanpitak and Kaylene Whiskey. Our presentation celebrates leading female artists whose works dovetail playful compositions with complex personal and political symbols. Working across painting, sculpture, photography and textiles, they offer vivid expressions of contemporary womanhood.
Born to Jamaican parents in the UK, Joy Gregory’s (b.1959, UK) series centred on Barbie dolls speaks to gendered playthings, womanhood, and how little these ‘feminine’ ideals have changed over time. Set against the Atlantic blue of the cyanotype, there is also quiet reference to legacies of enslavement and their implications for access to leisure and play.’
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