{"product_id":"madeline-gibson-womans-work","title":"Madeline Gibson, Woman's Work","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eMadeline Gibson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eWoman's Work\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOil on linen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnframed Dimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e36 x 36 in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e39 x 39 x 1.5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e inches\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e$2,800\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eArtist Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003e MADELINE GIBSON (1996. SLC, UTAH) Began painting at nine years old when she was placed in an oil painting class while living in Monterrey, Mexico. Madeline has continued to make and study art throughout her life. She has worked under classically trained artists and throughout college. Since then, Madeline has been featured in multiple shows locally and abroad. She currently works in a collaborative studio in Salt Lake City, Utah where she continues to produce paintings that reflect her spirituality, the exploration and understanding of self, as well as images of nature and the peace felt in those spaces. Madeline is primarily an oil painter and printmaker, but likes to incorporate woodworking, weaving and leatherworking into her practice as well. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist Statement: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWoman’s Work is a narrative piece focused on three Mormon feminist topics: women’s participation in exaltation, Eve’s decision to partake of the fruit, and the daily labor and service women perform in the church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePieces of garments have been cut up and integrated into the linen canvas. These garments, along with the sun, moon, and star in the top right corner, relate to Melodie Moench Charles’ article titled The Need for a New Mormon Heaven. This reinforces that, although women are integral to reaching exaltation, the focus remains on the man. Polygamy in the afterlife further characterizes women as “stepping stones” for faithful men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe worm in the apple represents the rot within the proposition to Eve and Adam from the beginning. Most agree that the fall was necessary for human development and progression. Alison Walker’s article, Theological Foundations of Patriarchy, discusses the complexities in the story of Mother Eve. While Eve chose to progress and experience the fullness of the human experience, she also opened herself up to pain, criticism, and submission, as well as every woman after her. Men did not rule over women before the fall, but “fallen man rules over fallen woman.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe quilt-like “stitching” is a nod to my grandma and mother who I saw quilting together from a young age. Quilting is a laborious, functional art that demands countless hours. In the same way, a faithful woman lives in service of others. Carol Cornwall Madsen’s article, Mormon Women and the Struggle for Definition, explains that early in the church, women were given power over themselves through the Relief Society and other organizations. Today, those efforts are no longer seen as progressive and empowering, but rather as an excuse to confine women to specific, localized duties or work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Museum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49314072723691,"sku":null,"price":2800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0577\/3790\/4291\/files\/IMG_0444-MadelineGibson.jpg?v=1788046404","url":"https:\/\/jkr-gallery.myshopify.com\/products\/madeline-gibson-womans-work","provider":"JKR Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}