Growing

Inscriptions

Signed, in graphite, lower left: Sonia Sheridan; dated, in graphite, lower right: 1966

Label

This mixed media work depicts a pink yonic shape with subtle human forms at the center. The different hues of pink are emphasized by a singular blue outline, and the curvature of the lines creates a feeling of expansion in Growing. Much of Sonia Landy Sheridan’s work explores her own inner landscape and creative workings. Yet the work reflects a personal and broader representation of femaleness, with the use of pink making this more explicit to the viewer. While Sheridan’s drawing references female genitalia, the brushmarks and color broach this often polemic subject matter in an inoffensive manner. The work’s rhythm and skill are visually pleasing, yet the presentation of pink genitalia raises some problematic questions. What does this work mean to women of color? To transgender women?

From the 2019 exhibition A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, curated by Charlotte Grussing '19, Conroy Intern

Exhibition History

A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, Charlotte Grussing,Class of 2019, Conroy Intern, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 28-November 3, 2019.

Publication History

Charlotte Grussing,Class of 2019, Conroy Intern, A Space for Dialogue 96, The Politics of Pink, Hanover, New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2019.

Provenance

The artist, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 2004.

Catalogue Raisonne

Sonia Landy Sheridan - Diane Kirkpatrick Hood Inventory List #215 (?): Untitled (woman and vulvar time plane: pink, light blue, red), colored inks on Arches paper

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