In 2012 Canadian Art Junkie shared work from artist/photographer Jill Greenberg’s exhibition “The Glass Ceiling,” which explored the female body and objectification through a novel, metaphorical approach: women underwater in sky-high heels, struggling to maintain balance.
In Greenberg’s images, the female athletes try to pose, but the water knocks them into awkward positions. The absurd heels further hinder their movements and underscore their lack of control in this world, Greenberg says. The Glass Ceiling project is about the “set up” of being a woman.
The women’s identities have become inconsequential as their heads are visually cut off, leaving only the bodies in focus: Clearly an analogy for the female experience, clashing beauty, power and violence.
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