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It's a Girl!

Beyond Indifference is a collection of mixed media works assembled from decorative and domestic objects commonly associated with the “feminine”. Materials and mediums, through personal association, evoke memory and emotion. The series is not a memorial but rather moves with the subject of misogyny and the questions of gender. The work is both a product of the changing worlds around it and an element of interaction with these worlds. The objects of the work are the objects of the worlds with which it is concerned. By incorporating materials of lived experience – cookware, appliances, and décor – the work challenges a purist aesthetic hierarchy that privileges one set of materials over another based on gender association. This is an exhibition of history, politics, and lived life.

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  1. Beyond Indifference by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Beyond Indifference, 2015

    iron, cord, plug, ironing board, mannequin, paper, cheesecloth, safety pin, knitting needles, reflective frame, tights, stockings, nylons, fingernails, hair, herbs, towel

    42 x 76 x 50 in

  2. Homage to WSPU by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Homage to WSPU, 2015

    frame, table vise, buttons, wallpaper, vacuum cleaner hose cover, tights, umbrellas, plug, cord

    52 x 116 x 14 in

  3. Gender Bias by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Gender Bias, 2017

    frame, table vise, buttons, wallpaper, vacuum cleaner hose cover, tights, measuring tape

    96 x 34 x 18 in

  4. Safe, Legal, Access by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Safe, Legal, Access, 2017

    frame, table vise, wallpaper, tights, wood, graduation hat, belt, books, coat hanger

    75 x 34 x 35 in

  5. Women's Work by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Women's Work, 2015

    frame, table vise, pipe insulation, aluminum flashing, buttons, wallpaper, vacuum cleaner hose cover, stockings, kitchenware, needlepoint frames, thong

    52 x 60 x 14 in

  6. The Ties That Bind Us by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    The Ties That Bind Us, 2016

    frame, wallpaper, table vise, pipe insulation, aluminum flashing, tights, vacuum cleaner hose cover, ties, sewing scissors

    74 x 36 x 20 in

  7. Tolerated, Ignored or Encouraged by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Tolerated, Ignored or Encouraged, 2016

    frame, table vise, pipe insulation, aluminum flashing, buttons, wallpaper, vacuum cleaner hose cover, stockings, kitchenware, needlepoint frames, thong

    43 x 30 x 20 in

  8. Gender Neutral by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Gender Neutral, 2016

    frame, table vise, pipe insulation, aluminum flashing, buttons, wallpaper, vacuum cleaner hose, aluminum flashing

    79 x 36 x 32 in

  9. Crime Scene by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Crime Scene, 2016

    frame, table vise, pipe insulation, aluminum flashing, buttons, wallpaper, vacuum cleaner hose, wood, high heel shoes, knife, saw blade, tampon, crime tape

    69 x 42 x 38 in

  10. It's a Girl! by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    It's a Girl!, 2016

    frame, wallpaper, table vise, pipe insulation, aluminum flashing, pacifier, tutu, tights, vacuum cleaner hose cover

    36 x 28 x 18 in