Art is my language... what media shall I use? I mix... have always done it. 
What will I mix in my Mixed Media Installation on the question "Why do we cover our body... and all the questions that came out from it. Why? Culture, religion, tradition, protecton, service... sex... fasion... why?
So I start to look. Loot at myself, look at othe women, what do we wear here, now? and before? and before that? just at the beginning of the XX century our skirts started to shorten. So, who is behind our decition to cover, disguise, hide, protect, expose, undress... why?
Ghada Amer has confronted feminine vs. masculine, East vs. West, and high art vs. craft. She is best known for her use of the great symbols of feminist ire: embroidery as "woman's work," hardcore pornography, and religious fundamentalism 's work is centred on the relationship between eastern and western cultures, Islam and women; she works embroidery, textiles and gel medium... astonishing work! (Born in Egypt 1963, moved to France, now lives in New York)
Another Artist I have found is Shirin Neshat works mainly with photography, one of her themes was "The women of Allah" and she works from within... when I found her story I had the flash: That is what I need for my Installation, work from within!!! She also works from the perspective of two cultural backgrounds (Iranian born, lives in the West) and she focuses in her Installations and photography on the social developments of contemporary Islam, on conditions of women in Iran and other Islamic countries.
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