No Format Gallery, Deptford
Opening to public 19th - 24th October
Cathy Hayes’ work is concerned with power and gender, specifically the depiction of female strength. She seeks to reclaim women’s power, presenting female heroines who can help us unlearn our conditioned past. Both paintings in the show were made during the pandemic.
The first, ‘Covid Warrior’, was inspired by a recent fashion campaign; each model on the catwalk carried another woman either draped on her shoulders or wrapped around her waist. This show of solidarity contrasts starkly with the solitary figure in the second painting, 'Cares of the World'.
No Format gallery, Casting House Lane, Deptford, SE146BN
Covid Warrior, 61cm x 51cm
Cares of the World, 61cm x 51cm
Framed