GALLERY ONE | FRANCES CANNON
UNGODLY WOMAN
OPENS
FRI MAR 13,
6:00PM - 8:00PM
CLOSES
FRI APR 3, 5:00PM
Running as part of our Energetical Symposium program and in conjunction with International Women's Day. This is a FREE event. Frances Cannon will be opening the show with an artist talk. Tickets to Energetical can be purchased here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/energetical-tickets-95553207215
Proverbs 23:27 - ‘For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.’
In their 11th solo show, and second time exhibiting at Platform Arts, artist Frances Cannon presents Ungodly Woman. Frances reimagines biblical sluts, sex-workers, and victims of abuse through a modern feminist and queer perspective. Ungodly Woman features a number of tapestry-like works, juxtaposing holy and sinful, feminine and masculine, soft and hard. Ungodly Woman is both a celebration of these strong characters in such an important piece of religious literature, while still critiquing the treatment and expectations of women in a Christian religious context.
Frances Cannon is a queer, multidisciplinary artist based in Melbourne/Narrm. She works predominantly in drawing and painting in ink, gouache and watercolour. Frances is well known for their simple yet nuanced style of black and white illustration. Frances' work examines ideas of body-love and body-loathing, anxiety, relationships, sex and sexuality, gender, and bodily functions. Their work can be viewed as diaristic as it is based on personal experience. Frances has been involved in ten successful solo shows at galleries including Tinning Street, Off the Kerb, Courthouse Youth Arts Centre, and numerous group shows at galleries including: Montsalvat, RMIT Gallery, Neon Park, Rubicon ARI, and Fort Delta. Frances has worked with with Teen-Vogue, Gucci, Refinery 29, Third Drawer Down, and has been published in Frankie, Yen, Teen-Vogue, Bustle, HuffPost, Dazed and Confused, Vogue, SBS Australia, i-D Mag, Rookie and many more. Frances is the co-owner and director of Pink Ember Studios in Coburg.
