Patricia Ayres

Patricia Ayres (b. New York) creates sculptures that evoke deformed archetypes of femininity, their lumpen shapes reminiscing of the Venus of Willendorf and her Palaeolithic expression of femininity. Unlike the notable Venus, Patricia Ayres’s humanoid figures concretise the deforming effects of a patriarchal society, laying bare the powerful complexities of how it feels to be a woman in modern society.