BEHIND THE BLINDS

In her recent experiment with caulk, Nicole Durham explores the sexual identity of women in the modern world. The works from this collection accentuate the socio-political discourse of the middle-aged woman trapped between a revolution of emotional, physical, and sexual freedoms.

Durham analyses how the current liberated LGBQT climate continues to influence middle-aged women who represent the evolving and changing boundary between female identity. She reveals how sexuality is present in their daily lives affected by visual politics such as: social media, the internet, and a desire to free the remaining fine lines of oppression. 

Utilizing caulk as her unconventional medium for texture, these personas lift from the canvas and a silhouette is created capturing the female form. 

By allowing these women to capture their most intimate and promiscuous moments, behind the reflection of open blinds, Durham allows them to transport their true sexual selves, outside the confinements of traditional morals, values, and cultivation. 

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