Intersectional feminist Georgia creates vaginabased artwork with a simple aim to change
the way people feel about their bodies, their
gender and themselves. We chatted to Georgia
about vagina cupcakes and building nests for
womanhood.
‘Wish you were queer’ is Georgia Gibsons latest
project. It’s all about conflict within sexuality,
“I’m very inspired by real events and almost
everything I make has been thought of from
personal experiences,” sometimes even taking
inspiration from “general bus vibes.” A project
very close to her heart,” This is looking at types
of sexuality and dealing with them though out
art; women’s sexuality being oppressed, queer
sexuality, trans issues. I have been in contact
with many trans women throughout - though
I aim not to speak over trans people, I couldn’t
possibly have left their issues out of this project.”
Georgia first started creating vagina art after
her own personal negative experiences led her
towards feminism. “I had a friend at the time
who’d been through similar things and taught
me all about the movement. It’s something I
first tried out when I was doing a project on rape
culture, looking around the idea of girls hiding
their bodies for fears of looking like a ‘slut’. The
vagina based pieces first came about for an added
part of that, I created some vagina cupcakes.”
Studying Fine Art, Philosophy and Classical
Civilisations at Durham Sixth Form centre, Georgia
makes many different art pieces based around the
vagina and sexuality. She has created fruit of the
womb ceramics – a collection of bowls shaped like
fruits such as apples, kiwis and dragon fruits with
an added extra of the female labia sculpted into the
centre. Bunches of fake roses with a ceramic clitoris
perched on the inside. ‘Building a nest for woman
hood,’ creating little nests using hair taken from
her family’s hairbrushes, razors and plucking. Then
filled with a snapped razor, some of her own baby
teeth, a baby bangle and her mothers wedding ring.
“The rest of the pieces from the series are made by
asking friends, family and other artists to send me
a bag full of two weeks worth of hair, and items
which best represented how they feel about their
own gender.”
With influences all around her, Georgia finds it
easy to be inspired, with a grandmother who will
even pose nude for her photography on regular
occasions. “My mother, grandmother and gran are
all incredibly strong women who have been through
a lot and coped wonderfully - while also helping me
out with anything and everything including my art.
My friends and my boyfriend are also wonderfully
inspiring, they’re all incredibly creative. Three of
my friends also undertaking an art course and my
boyfriend in a band and writing poetry. It’s amazing
to be around such wonderful artists and feminists on
a daily basis.”
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