22/05.2022 Feminine power - the divine to the demonic
Exhibition / 19 May 2022 - 25 Sep 2022
British Museum, Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG
https://www.britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/feminine-power-divine-demonic
I was struck by this exhibition’s wide divergency in its depictions of female power. Compare that to how it is illustrated in mainstream comics where representations of powerful women more often look like something one might see as a pin-up on a teen-age boys bedroom wall..
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https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-female-supervillains-best-most-powerful-ranked/
https://the-artifice.com/female-superhero-representation-in-comics/
Images -
Queen of the night relief, c. 1750 BCE,
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses, John William Waterhouse
Dance mask of Taraka, workshop of Sri Kajal Datta, India
Mami Wata headpiece, Nigeria