Body-Swapping Armor: New Works by Linda Stein

Number of Pages 20
Type Paperback
BODY-SWAPPING, EMPOWERMENT AND EMPATHY: LINDA STEIN S SCULPTURE As she concluded her May 2009 keynote address to the National Association of Women Artists, Linda Stein remarked, Gender constructions and gender constrictions. How do we find the courage, the bravery to break these molds? Her series of Knights, begun in 2002, guides the viewer toward empowerment in the face of sexism, homophobia, racism, and other forms of institutionalized oppression. Since 2007, the Knights have evolved from static totemic personages mounted on the wall to suits of armor animated by their wearers. They are trickster figures in their shape-shifting potentialities. Stein encourages the viewer to imagine what it is like to slip into another skin, to swap bodies and shift genders. --Dr. Margo Hobbs Thompson, Art Historian, Muhlenberg College, PA. As artist-activist, lecturer, performer, as well as founder/president of the non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, HAVE ART: WILL TRAVEL! Inc. (HAWT), Linda Stein s focus has been to encourage constructive and empowering male and female gender roles leading to Peace and Equality. As art editor of On The Issues Magazine, she has written articles highlighting sexism in the art world. For more complete information, see Stein s archives housed at Smith College, or go to her website, or see Stein s catalog: The Power to Protect: Sculpture of Linda Stein at Amazon.BODY-SWAPPING, EMPOWERMENT AND EMPATHY: LINDA STEIN S SCULPTURE As she concluded her May 2009 keynote address to the National Association of Women Artists, Linda Stein remarked, Gender constructions and gender constrictions. How do we find the courage, the bravery to break these molds? Her series of Knights, begun in 2002, guides the viewer toward empowerment in the face of sexism, homophobia, racism, and other forms of institutionalized oppression. Since 2007, the Knights have evolved from static totemic personages mounted on the wall to suits of armor animated by their wearers. They are trickster figures in their shape-shifting potentialities. Stein encourages the viewer to imagine what it is like to slip into another skin, to swap bodies and shift genders. --Dr. Margo Hobbs Thompson, Art Historian, Muhlenberg College, PA. As artist-activist, lecturer, performer, as well as founder/president of the non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation, HAVE ART: WILL TRAVEL! Inc. (HAWT), Linda Stein s focus has been to encourage constructive and empowering male and female gender roles leading to Peace and Equality. As art editor of On The Issues Magazine, she has written articles highlighting sexism in the art world. For more complete information, see Stein s archives housed at Smith College, or go to her website, or see Stein s catalog: The Power to Protect: Sculpture of Linda Stein at Amazon.