Women Against Fascism

By Marian Williams - Women Against Fascism

Mixed media composition on a 195 x 130 x 4 cm canvas.
Oil paint, acrylic paint, markers, transfer collage, and paper collage.

‘Women Against Fascism’ is a modern artwork inspired by Soviet propaganda posters, women's rights, the fight against fascism, and current political trends.
It was created for the group exhibition ‘RED’ in Saint Raphaël, France.

The graphic image of an eye adorns the black background.
This black-and-white design in the German manifesto style was created in 1931 by Willy Petzold for the International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden.

In the foreground stands the powerful woman from Nina Vatolina’s propaganda poster: “Fascism, the Most Evil Enemy of Women”.
The image remains faithful to the original, except for her face, which has been halved.
The woman, with her arms spread wide and a broad stance, is reminiscent of the image of ‘Liberty’.
This symbol of France, known as Marianne, painted by Eugène Delacroix in ‘Liberty Leading the People’, holds the flag of the French Revolution, the tricolor, in one hand and a bayonet musket in the other.
In ‘Women Against Fascism’, Marianne echoes Nina Vatolina’s heroine of the people. The tricolor has been reduced to red and pink.
Roses float around the flag and seem to dissolve into a faceless black space.

Signed and supplied with a certificate of authenticity.

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Colors of the original may vary slightly from the photos.

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