THE PRINTED FEMALE

An exhibition on how print has constructed, challenged, or reclaimed female identities and the role of the woman.

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The view on female identity and the roles of women have drastically changed over time. From understandings of women's place in society to the their sexual orientation, ideas of female identity has been imagined, produced, and controlled by cultural and social authorities such as religion, politics, and public debates. Printed materials have through their content, production, and circulation been a major factor in representing and naturalizing certain female identities within specific social and cultural contexts. Use of language, materials, and graphic design have contributed to producing certain imaginations on the roles of women, and their identities. This exhibition seeks to highlight how ideas of female identity have been represented and contested in various types of print. Through the lens of different subjects such as healthcare, religion, sensibility, and sexuality, it explores how certain ideas around womanhood has been reinforced, but also challenged in print.

Prints hold the power to challenge normative beliefs, and offers a space for marginalized groups to express and connect. This exhibition believe in its strength to sustain and reflect on stories of female identity, and the suppression of it. As female inequality is still highly relevant today, it is important to learn from and remember these stories.

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James Raven, What is the History of the Book? (Polity Press, 2018).

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