Elizabeth Cassidy (147)

Elizabeth writes:

These are 3 drawings I did of the female form. Someone had commented that my art looked like a vagina and at first I was a little stunned – was I really doing that? But then I realized that it is perfectly fine for me to show the parts of the women’s body that are beautiful. From that one email, I did a series of drawings in pastels or oil pastels. Two are of the body and I like how strong they looked – strong, powerful thighs that are holding us up. And then I am attaching the drawing of the vagina that I did for the woman who first noticed that my drawings were paying tribute to women.

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Kumi Yamashita (146)

Constellation-Mana 
 (2011 H40, W30, D3cm Wood panel, brads, single sewing thread)

Light & Shadow: City View

(2003 H250, W500, D5cm Aluminum numbers, single light source, shadow Commissioned by Namba Parks Tower, Osaka Japan)

Light & Shadow: Akari

(2009 H90, W90, D15cm (Mother) H45, W45, D11cm (Child) Sculpted wood, single light source, shadow Perfe Takiyama Maternity Clinic, Tokyo, Japan) 

Kumi Yamashita says:

"I am drawn to using the human form in my work because it's a subject matter of which we are all a part and which I find endlessly fascinating and mysterious."

kumiyamashita.com