In Control
In Control
Exhibition by Katrina Majkut
June 16 - 28, 2015
chashama 266 Gallery
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY
Open hours:
June 16-20, 23-25: 2-7pm
June 28: 1-5pm
Private viewings available by appointment.
Opening Reception:
Thursday, June 18 from 6-9pm
“In Control” defies the traditional medium and subjects of cross-stitch and instead responds to the increasing debates and turmoil over women’s reproductive rights and safety. Historically, embroidered “samplers” only showed a woman how to keep a household, children and a husband. Majkut rejects the obsolete, domestic functionality of samplers through a comprehensive inventory of women’s medical, menstrual and contraceptive products—products that continue to be on the periphery of legality and social approval. She has turned the medium into a contemporary woman’s demonstration of a woman’s ability to care for and right to control her own body.
“‘In Control’ challenges biased notions of womanhood and motherhood,” says Majkut. “More dialogue is needed about the complicated medical needs of women to be autonomous and healthy, their right to have control of their bodies, and how poorly understood it all often is.”
Women’s physical safety and medical rights have come under extreme scrutiny these past few years as a result of the Hobby Lobby verdict, “personhood” bills, campus policies and responses (or lack thereof) toward sexual assault, anti-abortion legislation and more. Therefore, it is no mistake that the show’s opening coincides with the 66th anniversary of The Pill.
Artist Biography:
Katrina Majkut (My'kit), located in New York City, is an internationally exhibiting artist dedicated to understanding and exploring feminine narratives in aesthetics, media, history and personal experiences with a particular focus in marriage and wedding traditions. She was most recently listed as one of four international artist starting a new chapter in feminist art by Mic Media, highlighted as a must-see artist in Gowanus Open Studios by Hyperallergic and a featured artists in the International Museum of Women’s collaboration with the Global Fund for Women #EqualityIs media project. Her 2013 MFA catalogue, Center of Attention just recently joined the library collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C.
Majkut uses her research findings to write for a website she founded called, TheFeministBride.com. Selected writings for the website are now represented by Carol Mann Literary Agency in New York City.
For more information, please contact the artist at katrina.majkut@gmail.com.
Exhibition by Katrina Majkut
June 16 - 28, 2015
chashama 266 Gallery
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY
Open hours:
June 16-20, 23-25: 2-7pm
June 28: 1-5pm
Private viewings available by appointment.
Opening Reception:
Thursday, June 18 from 6-9pm
“In Control” defies the traditional medium and subjects of cross-stitch and instead responds to the increasing debates and turmoil over women’s reproductive rights and safety. Historically, embroidered “samplers” only showed a woman how to keep a household, children and a husband. Majkut rejects the obsolete, domestic functionality of samplers through a comprehensive inventory of women’s medical, menstrual and contraceptive products—products that continue to be on the periphery of legality and social approval. She has turned the medium into a contemporary woman’s demonstration of a woman’s ability to care for and right to control her own body.
“‘In Control’ challenges biased notions of womanhood and motherhood,” says Majkut. “More dialogue is needed about the complicated medical needs of women to be autonomous and healthy, their right to have control of their bodies, and how poorly understood it all often is.”
Women’s physical safety and medical rights have come under extreme scrutiny these past few years as a result of the Hobby Lobby verdict, “personhood” bills, campus policies and responses (or lack thereof) toward sexual assault, anti-abortion legislation and more. Therefore, it is no mistake that the show’s opening coincides with the 66th anniversary of The Pill.
Artist Biography:
Katrina Majkut (My'kit), located in New York City, is an internationally exhibiting artist dedicated to understanding and exploring feminine narratives in aesthetics, media, history and personal experiences with a particular focus in marriage and wedding traditions. She was most recently listed as one of four international artist starting a new chapter in feminist art by Mic Media, highlighted as a must-see artist in Gowanus Open Studios by Hyperallergic and a featured artists in the International Museum of Women’s collaboration with the Global Fund for Women #EqualityIs media project. Her 2013 MFA catalogue, Center of Attention just recently joined the library collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C.
Majkut uses her research findings to write for a website she founded called, TheFeministBride.com. Selected writings for the website are now represented by Carol Mann Literary Agency in New York City.
For more information, please contact the artist at katrina.majkut@gmail.com.
