Cars and Girls - Frances Goodman (exhibition)

Goodman’s multimedia works explore issues of female identity by marrying the glittering allure of cars with that of women as symbols of desire, sex, success and promise. Many of the pieces on this materially-diverse exhibition are intentionally contradictory: seductive and poignant, yet simultaneously awkward and problematic. The body of work includes sculptural pieces constructed from car parts and feminine accessories, as well as Goodman’s provocative photographic Vajazzling series. The latter was initiated during a residency in New York in 2012 and documents the adornment of various female torsos in a response to the commodification of the female body and its use in the media.

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