Who Will Write the History of Tears" is an exhibition about the relations between the female body and repressive laws. The title is borrowed from a work by the American artist Barbara Kruger and underlines the arduous process of women’s pursuit of their rights. The works presented in the exhibition strive to break through the impasse that has prevailed in the debate over abortion, to transcend the crisis of verbal and visual language. The aim is to wrest the topic of abortion from the control of political clichés. The artists draw on real stories and include in their works the entire spectrum of visual and poetic allusions, images and symbols, conveying the complexity of the experience of pregnancy and abortion.
Artists include Cecily Brennan, Guerrilla Girls, Teresa Jakubowska, Barbara Kruger, Alice Maher, Ana Mendieta, Joanna Piotrowska, Paula Rego
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