15.05: 16h - 21h
16.05: 16h - 21h

Performances on both nights at 19h

In 1866, a work of art began a long and secretive journey from Paris around the world, finally becoming available for public viewing for the first time in Brooklyn, New York in 1988, more than a decade after it was painted. Gustav Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde, a cropped painting of a woman’s vulva and bust, was the source of controversy and excitement, concealed behind fake fronts, hidden doors and secret rooms. Today, Pity Party Collective’s curating branch, Pity Arty, revisit the work’s title and subject matter, bringing creation and femininity into full view in a multimedia, comprehensive exhibition of the same name

Femininity is a force. It is non-specific and non-gendered in essence. It moves through matter, memory, and nature in a system of dualities: it nurtures and liberates; is determined and accommodating; commanding and kind; strong and delicate. Femininity lives in the physical as cyclical intelligence and a rhythm of expansion, contraction, and renewal - and extends beyond into the intuitive and unseen. Femininity is the source of life: L’Origine du Monde

In a moment that for many feels scary and semi-apocalyptic, we seek a return to essence and creation - to the “origin of the world” - looking at the positive vigour of femininity in stark contrast to the toxic landscape of aggression, war and ‘manospheres’

This exhibition brings together artists who engage with feminine energy: not to define it, but to liberate it and allow its free expression. Through the works of 5 local, multi-media artists, Pity Arty looks at 4 themes of femininity: creation, nurturing, growth and strength through a variety of powerful works in dialogue with each other and the world at large

Curated by @juliette_lavinia_wallace and @larabruno_art

Exhibiting artists:

@paz_bonfil

@stephanie__hamer

@daniela.lucato

@aita.artist