"What Remains: Woman, No. 11" APORTA Design Studio both literally and metaphorically

both literally and metaphorically

a woman's body has been dressed as a social contract

Part of the ongoing series Women as Objects: What Remains

Impossible Objects is an ongoing series that explores the transformation—and distortion—of form

and material intimacy behind each composition

"What Remains: Woman, No. 11" APORTA Design Studio both literally and metaphoricallyWhat Remains: Woman, No. 11 Archival paper, pen and glue 11" x 17" Part of the ongoing series Women as Objects: What Remains One of a kind, signed and titled. Arrives unframed. Women as Objects: What Remains Across centuries and cultures, a woman's body has been dressed as a social contract. Her clothing announced her availability, her marital status, her husband's wealth and lineage. Elaborate lacework, heavy metalwork, layered textiles worn not as