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Not On Your Expectation
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: 2024
Artist: Meihang Zheng
Dimensions:
Medal: 72 × 72 mm (7.2 × 7.2 cm)
Medium: Bronze
Object number: J.2026.15.CC
DescriptionBronze medal from the British Art Medal Society student project 2024 titled Not On Your Expectation.
Description from BAMS Student Medal Project XXXI 2024:
'The concave back of the medal shows a pearl necklace, embedded in the wedding bed, like a mould, which is a metaphor for the perfect woman that the patriarchal society hopes to mould into a gentle, obedient wife, bound in the space of the home. The front, however, shows a messy bed and a broken pearl necklace, a more three-dimensional picture of reality-woman, who has the right to make her own rules, breaking the fantasy of the male gaze, objectifying women.’
This medal received a Merit.
Description from BAMS Student Medal Project XXXI 2024:
'The concave back of the medal shows a pearl necklace, embedded in the wedding bed, like a mould, which is a metaphor for the perfect woman that the patriarchal society hopes to mould into a gentle, obedient wife, bound in the space of the home. The front, however, shows a messy bed and a broken pearl necklace, a more three-dimensional picture of reality-woman, who has the right to make her own rules, breaking the fantasy of the male gaze, objectifying women.’
This medal received a Merit.