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Angelina - Ltd.edition of 11 - Anneke Bester

Anneke Bester

Angelina - Ltd.edition of 11

29 x 33 x 18 cmBronze on blue stone base - Ltd. edition of 11

$3,700.00

Angus: He just wants to stay connected, even if it makes him trip over his own feet. by #annekebester from the #beyourownman series. A series against the marginalisation af men in our modern world.
Be your own man is series of work focusing on the marginalized men of the 2020s. Women got liberated with equal opportunities in education and work satisfaction, but we have boxed men into categories with unacceptable expectations. In the world where women do not have to be kitchen-dwellers staying at home raising kids any more, we still expect of father to be the providers even if the mother is not his partner anymore. We expect of men to ignore their own desires and personalities to become the role the previous century assigned to them. We have a sense of what a man should dress like and how he should behave even if he is extraordinarily creative and different. The oppressed cannot liberate themselves, it is the oppressor that needs to lift the restrictions. When we box men into unacceptable expectations, we are the people who should set them free. We should be the ones allowing men to be the roles that define them. Let them build their role in society around their personalities like women have been able to do in the last half century.

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Angelina - Ltd.edition of 11 - Anneke Bester

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Angelina - Ltd.edition of 11

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