She’s burning down the house: Edwina Sandys

“Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection,” is an exhibit of more than fifty works at the Brooklyn Museum. This link will take you to an interview with Edwina Sandys, an artist featured at the exhibition. Here she talks about feminism and one of her on going pieces which is of a marriage bed. It is not just an interesting looking bed; it is so much more than that. Through this mixed media piece, you see both the cruel and loving sides depicted through the bed. For some marriage is sometimes bliss, but it can also be a nightmare for many. Sandys goes on to discuss how a woman’s purpose in life was created through her marriage to a man. Only through her husband was she given an identity, and that was an identity of companionship or servitude. I have also included the link to the Brooklyn Museum website where you can read more about the exhibition. You can click on “VIDEO” on the right to view more videos with other artists in the exhibition, the videos of Ida Applebroog and Tracey Moffatt were interesting to look at. Enjoy!