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(un)veiling
12020-03-04T15:40:16+00:00Alicia Peakerfa9ce5cf6cff641fdb630497ef4559c09dbe185831plain2020-03-04T15:40:16+00:00Alicia Peakerfa9ce5cf6cff641fdb630497ef4559c09dbe1858How one dresses or undresses, veils or unveils oneself is typically shaped by religious, socio-political, and familial influences. The form this takes is usually gendered in ways even beyond one’s first pink or blue clothing assignment. Clothing has been used especially to establish ideals that celebrate and police women’s bodily appearances. Through representations or acts of dressing, decorating, masking, and veiling, these artists reclaim this activity, which might previously have confined them, as instead empowering artistic strategies.
