Unearthing the hearth of the feminine

Unearthing: Womynist Bones and Sexuality-Unearthing the hearth of the feminine. When the river does not run,rest awhile, rip through reality, rake up the rust, embrace what you’ll find. Reclaim and from there, a hope to redeem radiance.

Ten artists run and rhyme with one another as they uncover and recover the feminine in “Unearthing:Womynist Bones and Sexuality”, an exhibit of paintings, sketches and installations on March 1-14 at the Philam Life Center for the Arts, United Nations Avenue, Ermita, Manila.

Unearthing: Womynist Bones and Sexuality features the works of AJ Tolentino, Azalea Mazon-Camps, Benay Reyes, Ivy Universe Baldoza, Joana De Leon-Hoffmann, Ligaya Domingo, Lydia Cabasco, Maan De Loyola, Rimaq Joaquin Palma and Tif Guevara- a group of artists from and of different backgrounds prime a range of works to provoke and evoke the woman within.

A celebration of International Women’s Month, the exhibit aims to commune with the woman in each one in order to facilitate dialogue on women’s realities- unearthed in the eyes of these ten artists. A take-off from Clarissa Pinkola- Estes’ book, Women Who Run with the Wolves, these artists procure arresting sections as they translate their own visual and tactile narratives. The works in turn, aspire to stir and spur awareness from the audience and elicit response to the different issues and archetypes associated with the woman, her processes, truths and ideals.

Benay Reyes