If this were an exhibition, you would walk into a room of cracked pots repaired with gold (kintsugi), bullet-riddled jugs, and unfired clay figures of women standing like sentinels. The "war" is not of guns but of societal pressure, domestic violence, political upheaval, or the quiet battle for autonomy. The "I am pottery" is a defiant reclamation: I am breakable, but I am also the one who holds water. I am fired, therefore I am strong.
Rating: ★★★★☆ (Profound, if elusive) female war i am pottery
Fans of Ana Mendieta’s earth-body works, Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party , or anyone who has ever repaired a broken bowl and loved it more for the repair. If this were an exhibition, you would walk