Titled ‘Girls Girls Girls’, Rocha’s show at Lismore Castle Arts in Ireland features work from the likes of Cindy Sherman and Roni Horn.
; and contemporary artists making work that speaks to their cultural heritage, such as Elene Chantladze, Cassi Namoda, and Luo Yang. Unsurprisingly, given Rocha’s heritage, there’s also a strong Irish presence within the roster, whether Sian Costello’s eerie, doll-like self-portraits or Dorothy Cross’s Meret Oppenheim-ish furry stilettos.Image courtesy the artist and Daniel Faria Gallery
This willingness to provoke comes through most clearly in a number of pieces that speak to the female form through less obvious means. There are the German artist Iris Häussler’s uncanny wax casts of her niece’s floral nightdresses – Rocha poetically describes them as “so fragile, like they’re holding memories” – or Cross’s stilettos, covered in cowhide and featuring teats attached as macabre toe caps.
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