Battle of the Sexes Revisited: The Sexual Harassment Volley of Today
Honan-Allston Library Art Gallery, 300 North Harvard St., Allston, MA 02134
Organized by Unbound Visual Arts
March 10 – April 27, 2018
Curated by John Quatrale, Brenda Gael McSweeney, PhD, advisor
Exhibition assistance – Si Chin, Emily Friedlander, Alexandra Kontsevaia, Lauren McLean
Artists include: Jean Aserkoff, Audrey Banks, Romani Berlekov, Si Chen, Tsun Ming Chmielinski, Linda Clave, Jennifer Jean Costello, Elle Cox, Joanne Desmond, Peg Ehrlinger, Francis Gardino, Adric Giles, Susanna Hilfer, Wendy Holmes, Tom Jackson, Amanda Kidd Schall, Heidi Lee, Yanni Li, Pauline Lim, Susan Loomis-Wing, Elisandra Lopes, Brenda Gael McSweeney, Nadia Parsons, Connie Pemberton Glore, Jeffrey Powers, Mick Provencher, Ruth Rieffanaugh, Edward Sokoloff, Mary Vannucci, Christine Winship.
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March 10th Program: Live music by pianist Mae Siu Wai Stroshane, complimentary appetizers, A Q&A with the exhibition team and the artists, A two-person musical poetry and prose presentation, and a special slideshow prepared by the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from Boston University
Photos and summary from the March 10, 2018 reception.
Exhibit and publicity support from the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program (WGS) at Boston University , and the Gender & International Development Initiatives of the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center (GaIDI/WSRC) and the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows Program. See the press release.
See the Blog post UNITWIN Network: Gender, Culture, Development here.
Exhibition Statement
Battle of the Sexes Revisited: The Sexual Harassment Volley of Today
This exhibition is about how treating females differently than males oftentimes results in many forms of sexism, harassment, and assault. The art presents many of the “battle of the sexes” issues to encourage and facilitate a healthy dialogue about these forms of discrimination.
Misbehavior, sometimes sanctioned by law or custom, occurs in the family, at work and school, while socializing, while being in the community or just about anywhere. Though unwelcome physical contact has been recognized as illegal for some time, that behavior persists and results in abuse, assault and rape in every country. Non-physical behaviors have also been illegal in many nations as well, but those actions remain pervasive in many forms and in many arenas. But, what was once accepted as just “boys being boys” is now being challenged by the law and by women, declaring #MeToo.
The exhibition’s realistic and abstract fine art presents different subjects and emotions from the United States and the world to encourage the audience to interact and reflect on gender roles as reflected in public and personal interactions.
The exhibition takes place during Women’s History Month, for which the 2018 theme is “Nevertheless she persisted: honoring women who fight all forms of discrimination against women.”
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