Элиза Беннетт
伊丽莎·贝内特
אלייזה בנט
イライザベネット
A Woman’s Work is Never Done

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A woman’s work is never done – Flesh/ Thread – 2011

Using my own hand as a base material, I considered it a canvas upon which I stitched into the top layer of skin using thread to create the appearance of an incredibly work worn hand. By using the technique of embroidery, traditionally employed to represent femininity and applying it to the expression of it’s opposite, I hope to challenge the pre-conceived notion that ‘women’s work’ is light and easy. Aiming to represent the effects of hard work arising from employment in low paid ancillary jobs such as cleaning, caring, and catering, all traditionally considered to be ‘women’s work’.

I sculpt because I am driven to commit a feeling to something tangible. My work is endowed with a narrative quality. Through a personally charged perception I explore a range of issues relating to the formlessness of both individual and social reality. This evolves from a close reading of discourse and neuroses surrounding the condition of human existence. I translate the organic human body shape into elements accomplished by a distortion of what is known. By describing the world as I imagine, perceive and exist within it, this element of personal mirroring may also act as a reflective process for the viewer. To me what makes a powerful work of art is when it moves one to acknowledge the wealth of feelings inside, whilst embracing the incoherence of lived experience.

Born in England 1980, residing in London. In 1997-1999 studied a B-Tec National Diploma in Art and Design specialising in textiles at Stafford College. From this point all formal art training ended as I went on in 1999-2002 to study a BA in fashion design at Middlesex University. After graduating I worked freelance creating bespoke pieces to commission, finding a natural gravitation towards costume design and prop making, stemming from an interest in creating a visual narrative by working with concept form and character. Over the last couple of years I have returned to producing my own artistic work.