FMP Research: Tate Modern

Fig. 1 Pikes I (author's own)

The Homeworkers room in Energy and Process is filled with work that addresses gender division. Figure 1 and 2 are images of Annette Messager's piece 'The Pikes', I saw pain and torture in this piece, the hanging of the doll limbs showed suffering, both physical and mental suffering. The inability to break from a life style you are forced to live, the pikes itself represented just that. Whether you are forced to live a certain way or driven towards it by your surroundings, e.g. by society, politics, family, friends, etc.

Fig. 2 Pikes II (author's own) 

This fits into the topic I have chosen to explore, inequality being the key aspect, and how it impacts us emotionally. Messager's work expresses female experience and emotions. She explores hierarchies of power in the relationships between male and female, nature and culture and vulnerability and aggression.

Through more of my research, I want to explore different interpretations of feminism, as feminist views vary through time, generations, cultures, religions and just society as a whole. The topic is rather broad.