New to artSPACE durban from Monday, June 29 at 6 pm for 6.30 pm swany’s Prick! Subverting the stitch.

In eighteenth-century literature the figure of the woman embroidering not only represented the pinnacle of good-breeding and virtue but also one of sexual provocation. This is because, focused on her stitching, she was exposed to the male gaze. Continue reading →