Great Wall of Vagina

At home this week with pneumonia, taking it easy and surfing the net for all sorts of weird and whacky shite as usual,  I came across this project which has now turned into quite the event. 

Check it out!

The World Premiere Exhibition of Great Wall of Vagina is on at the studio where it was created until the end of June 2011.

Mon - Sun 11am - 6pm.

The 9 metre long polyptych consists of four hundred plaster casts of vulvas, all of them unique, arranged into ten large panels. The artist, Jamie McCartney, set out to make this project as broad and inclusive as possible. The age range of the women is from 18 to 76. Included are mothers and daughters, identical twins, transgendered men and women as well as a woman pre and post natal and another one pre and post labiaplasty.

It’s not vulgar, it’s vulva! This isn’t just sensation, it is art with a social conscience and McCartney wants people to stop, look and listen. This is about grabbing the attention, using humour and spectacle, and then educating people about what normal women really look like. Described as “the Vagina Monologues of sculpture” this piece is intended to change the lives of women, forever.

A woman is like a tea bag - you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

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