40 Watts - Illuminating Herstory

Last Friday was the opening of the "40 Watts Illuminating Herstory" show at the Pacific Art League's Norton Gallery.  The show put on by the Northern California Women's Caucus for Art and is part of the 40th Anniversary celebration drew an attentive crowd.  As in the past, there were great food and wine donations and in this case, all the art had to be 10 in X 10 in or smaller.  I happened to have a piece that fit that criteria.

Norton Gallery

My piece, titled "Venus of the Super Bowl is on the right side.   I love this piece which was done while studying at the San Francisco Art Institute, is more meaningful if the description was placed next to it.  I think it is an interesting piece on its own, with a weirdness that might captivate the viewer. 

But, here is the description:

This piece is a tribute to Janet Jackson and the furor caused by her wardrobe malfuction in 2004.   Here, it is the Venus of Willendorf who is wearing the Janet Jackson costume with the one breast exposed.  I want to bring attention that twenty thousand years ago, someone honored a woman (or women) with this nude statue of a large breasted woman that we call the Venus of Willendorf.  Today, we vilify someone who accidentally exposes a partial breast.  

The show runs through April 27th.

Norton Gallery

668 Ramona Street

Palo Alto, CA.  M-F 10 am - 5 pm

Sat 10 am- 4 pm

Venus of the Superbowl

Venus of Willendorf