This exhibition would address the variations of women’s modes of dress, especially of head coverings that are dictated by cultural norms, religion strictures and tradition. I would like to examine and compare the significance of body covering and religions from Western viewpoints versus those of the Mid-East. Ideally, my work would shed light on the meaning of body coverings of the strained dichotomies within disparate human experiences from the West to the mid- East.
What does clothing signify for women globally as they navigate our 21st century world on a daily basis? The ways in which they dress and cover themselves can ignite alienation and/or misconceptions if it contradicts the beliefs or traditions of a different culture. Does it free them to express their individuality as in the West or is it rather a method of organization, control or bias via gender or class? How much do various countries judge each other via political or religious connotations associated with the way we dress? I want to expose the viewer to my images, beautiful or disturbing, so they might personally reflect on and appreciate the differences and similarities of body coverings and rights that women are permitted or choose to have within their particular societies.

Courtesy of Gallery Dam