{"product_id":"dzesik-vulva-mudra","title":"Dzesik \/ On Cloud 9","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eBrush painting with menstrual blood on watercolor paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e80.5 x 67 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c!--nl गन्ना--\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"On Cloud 9\" depicts seven female-read bodies in a floating, seemingly\u003cbr\u003eenraptured visual world. Each figure is on her own cloud, surrounded by\u003cbr\u003esoap bubbles – fragile structures between lightness, projection, and transience.\u003cbr\u003eAt first glance, a soft, aesthetic, and almost idyllic\u003cbr\u003escenery unfolds, evoking romantic ideals, longings, and socially shaped\u003cbr\u003enotions of love and femininity.\u003cbr\u003eHowever, this surface is deceptive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn its depths, a field of tension between pain, despair, inner\u003cbr\u003eturmoil, and physical suffering is revealed. The figures serve as examples of the\u003cbr\u003efemale experience in a patriarchal context – between emotional injury,\u003cbr\u003estructural disregard, and physical boundary experiences.\u003cbr\u003eThe work alludes to the invisibility and trivialization of\u003cbr\u003emenstrual-related complaints \u0026amp; chronic illnesses in medical\u003cbr\u003ediscourse, as well as the neglect and disapproval of everything that does not conform to the norm\u003cbr\u003eof stereotypical femininity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoap bubbles run through the composition as a recurring motif: They emerge,\u003cbr\u003ecarry hope and illusion – and burst. In their fleetingness, they refer to\u003cbr\u003ethe failure of promises and ideals of carefree joy, healing, and\u003cbr\u003eromantic fulfillment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe deliberate use of menstrual blood as an artistic medium transforms\u003cbr\u003ethe socially taboo into an act of visualization and\u003cbr\u003eself-empowerment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title \"On Cloud 9\" is deliberately broken in this work. What is commonly understood as\u003cbr\u003ehappiness, lightness, and fulfillment becomes an ambivalent projection surface here\u003cbr\u003e– and confronts viewers with the discrepancy between the ideal and\u003cbr\u003ethe lived reality of female experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Galerie Newman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58633836593484,"sku":null,"price":835.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8842\/0940\/files\/VulvaMudra-JessicaWeck_Jess.jpg?v=1788176555","url":"https:\/\/www.galerie-newman.de\/en\/products\/dzesik-vulva-mudra","provider":"Galerie Newman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}