Friday, November 22, 2013

Crime Against Nature

Artist Gween Seemel created a book containing a series of paintings that expose the true diversity of natural behaviors. Her book, Crimes Against Nature came about after she was diagnosed with endometrisos which is a disease that can cause infertility. She always assumed that she would have children one day so this came as a shock to her. After being told repeatedly that the urge to reproduce is primordial she turned to nature to look for where ours societies baby making assumptions come from. As a result she concluded that she had no control over whether she could have kids or not so she made this books. She says the book is meant for,  "the person who hasn't yet felt the pressure to conform, the one who still sees the infinite possibilites of being."

Here are some posters from the book.

lioness attacking a warthog  panther chameleon
grizzlyspotted hyena


Source: http://www.gwennseemel.com/index.php/paintings/from/category/crime_against_nature_posters/
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3 comments:

  1. Chrissie LittleNovember 23, 2013 at 12:41 PM

    I think this is really cool. It definitely gets the point across without sounding too preachy and it takes the issue of stereotypes from another perspective.

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  2. Lydia HymelNovember 24, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    This is awesome. I really enjoyed looking through these. Such a great way to incorporate creativity with feminism.

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  3. UnknownNovember 26, 2013 at 12:44 AM

    This is a great way to promote tolerance, awareness, and understanding. I think by using the animals she is able to bring it to a level that kids can better grasp. From there it would be easier to discuss these same topics as they occur in humans as children mature.

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