The often fraught relationship between women and their bodies is the subject matter for Objectify, an exhibition by North Arm artist Tracy Muche-Williams.
“Western society holds appearance and image as increasingly more important than our inner self,” Tracy said.
Using images of corseted women from 1800s’ fashion plates (the Instagram of the times), Tracy represents the restrictions and rules society places on women’s lives and bodies.
“These representations of idealised images can create a distressing gap in the reality of who we are and who we want to be,” she said.
Using assemblage, collage and lithography, the exhibition explores ways of letting go of these illusory selves in order for a woman to accept her own true self.
Objectify is on show at the Pomona Railway Station Gallery from 5 February to 3 March.
The gallery at 10 Station Street Pomona is open 10am to 4pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 2pm Saturday and Sunday.
