Artist Rachel Lee Hovnanian is unveiling the first solo exhibition staged by a woman (and American) at the medieval Medici Palazzo Museum in Tuscany.
SERAVEZZA, Italy — Technology’s overpowering reach into our daily lives and equal opportunities for women are hot topics of the moment, yet these are issues that Rachel Lee Hovnanian has been exploring throughout her artistic career.
“We all have something hidden, but it’s important to be able to talk, and art is how I can express myself,” says the friendly and unassuming Hovnanian. Admitting she had struggled with dyslexia, she points to “Shhh,” a Carrara marble statue of an angel with its mouth taped — illustrating the suppression of truth and the expression “be an angel and keep your mouth shut.
While based in New York, she was raised in Houston, and through her works has been questioning Girl Scout rules; beauty pageants, including the obsession with perfection illustrated by the 11-foot-tall “Beauty Queen Totem” Carrara marble statue; debutante balls; young girls’ reputations, and the myth of perfection.
There is also a “Baby’s Nursery” mixed-media installation, featuring an antique crib filled with empty liquor bottles. The notion of a parent protecting their child is “disrupted by bottle labels instructing children how to behave with an alcoholic parent,” explains the artist.
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