Mely Barrag\u00e1n highlights daily life and popular cultures sites of contradiction in patriarchal and consumerist society. Often working with found images and materials that carry gendered associations, Barragan multiplies signifiers of femininity to scramble stereotypes.<\/p>\n
Barrag\u00e1n\u00b4s Grabs Back \u00a0is more pointed in its subject, offering a response to U.S. President Donald Trump\u00b4s boasting of sexual assault on the notorious \u00a8Access Hollywood\u00a8 tape. The word \u00a8pussy\u00a8 is surrounded by a bustling arrangement of vintage illustrations – of men, women, and a large poodle- and layered with sequins, fur, a skirt, and painted phallic forms. Additional textual elements – \u00a8female dog\u00a8, and \u00a8grabs back\u00a8 – propose an active mode of resistance to forms of indignity and oppression endorsed by those with power.<\/p>\n
(excerpt from Museum catalogue)<\/p>\n
Mixed media, painting on tapestry cloth, thread, hairy texture, sequins, on stretcher. size 164 X 194 cm.<\/em><\/p>\n \/\/\/\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n <\/p>\n t\u00e9cnica mixta, pintura sobre tela de tapicer\u00eda, hilos, peluche, acr\u00edlico, lentejuela sobre bastidor. dimensiones 164 X 194 cm. a\u00f1o 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mely Barrag\u00e1n highlights daily life and popular cultures sites of contradiction in patriarchal and consumerist society. Often working with found images and materials that carry gendered associations, Barragan multiplies signifiers of femininity to scramble stereotypes. Barrag\u00e1n\u00b4s Grabs Back \u00a0is more pointed in its subject, offering a response to U.S. President Donald Trump\u00b4s boasting of sexual […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-assemblage","category-paintings","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melybarragan.com\/portfolio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}