GRACE WESTON
Reclaiming the Muse

Patriarchy has controlled the narrative for 10,000 years. In my staged miniature photography series, Reclaiming the Muse, I examine familiar muses from past artworks, stories, and myths, setting them in contemporary scenes and reframing them from passive objects to active and powerful heroines in their own lives. My muses take back their agency to tell their own stories, furthering the issues important to me as a contemporary female artist.

Working in the genre of staged photography, I construct, light, and photograph miniature vignettes to address the questions and contradictions of life. Although I never depict actual people in my photographs, the human psyche is undeniably at the center of my work. I am fascinated by the psychological landscape, our search for meaning and the contradictions of human existence. So many stories, myths and artworks throughout history address these same concerns. I have found much rich source material to inspire my own interpretations for this series.

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