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Les Guérillères (ASK-47) - Pink, 2022

Sculpture

Polyester resin sculpture

9.84 x 33.46 x 5.12 in

25.0 x 85.0 x 13.0 cm

Edition of 25

Certificate of Authenticity signed by the artist, numbered and stamped by JRP | Editions.

PRICE: $6,270  or as low as LEARN MORE

9.84 x 33.46 x 5.12 in

25.0 x 85.0 x 13.0 cm

Edition of 25

$6,270
PRICE:

    About The Work

    On the occasion of a solo show at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas in 2016, Mai-Thu Perret presented a new body of work entitled Les Guérillères. This series consisted of a female group composed of stylized figures with readily identifiable accessories (combat fatigues, military boots, machine guns). The title of the figures is borrowed from a 1969 novel by Monique Wittig that tells the speculative story of a war waged by women to take control of society. Its militant protagonists find echoes in Perret’s sculptures, which are also informed by the YPJ, a real-world female militia that has been fighting in the ongoing Syrian civil war. For JRP, Mai-Thu Perret has chosen to isolate the most important accessory worn by these “Guérillères” sculptures; the Kalashnikov gun, to turn the object into a special limited edition. The weapon appears as a true symbol of feminist struggle and resistance and explores its material strength and fragility through the use of pink polyester resin for the weapon.

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    About Mai-Thu Perret

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