Katrīna Ģelze, “paranormal”, 2022

20x20x4,5cm, mixed media.  

An alien embryo, protected in the soft mother’s womb, creating a magical safe space for any child. A play with stereotypical gender aesthetics. The color pink suggests “it’s a girl!”, but the babies real gender is not yet revealed. Raising questions of gender fluidity, for example could a boy here be born that wants to dress in drag? Are we obligated to what gender we’re born as?

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