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Gender is a Myth: Deconstructing Gender and its Stereotypes

Gender is a Myth: Deconstructing Gender and its Stereotypes examines gender as a social construct, specifically male and female gender codes and the signals that individuals make externally that indicate their sexuality through a 1970’s aesthetic. The 70’s are considered to be an extremely important and pivotal moment for cultural identity and gender expression. This stylish decade helped lead the way for a new understanding of gender and fluidity. 

This installation consists of a diorama and two large scale paintings. Using acrylic one painting depicts a hand gesture in the form of a peace sign representing the fusion of the masculine and the feminine. Displayed adjacent, is a hand crafted fabric-based painting containing the phrase “ Gender is a Myth”. When viewed together, they function as a mirror that leads its viewers to question the construction of gender in today's society.

The diorama is a three tiered doll house renovated to fit the 70’s aesthetic and focus on the intersexuality of the feminine, the masculine, and the fluidity in between. This doll house consists of three narratives within each floor. The first representing fluidity by having the subjects getting ready for a night of disco; the second representing self-realization and self-acceptance where the subjects will be playing board games dressed in their preferred garments; and the third representing subscribed, rigid fe/male gender codes as society views them by having them dressed in forced gender based clothing standing on opposite ends of each other.

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