The artwork is a powerful scream against patriarchy, a visceral rebellion conveyed through layered symbols and images.
 
At the centre stands a naked, unsettling man whose body is engulfed in vivid red, a burst of emotion symbolising flesh, blood, and identity. His face, masked with a mocking, animalistic expression, evokes dehumanisation and control. From his body, branches or veins stretch outward, carrying suffering toward the background, which is intricately worked in black and white.
 
Decorative motifs, organic textures, and architectural forms intertwine, with stylised houses at the edges symbolising rigid order. These cold, oppressive structures, accompanied by crosses, represent the church and religion as prisons that confine individuals to predetermined roles, reflecting a patriarchal system that destroys women and elevates men as the centreof life. Women are relegated to silence, judgment, and oppression. In the background, faintly sketched female figures emerge like ghosts, silent yet powerful symbols of daily resistance. They don't scream but stand as part of an indestructible fabric that cannot be erased.
 
At the figure's feet lie flowers in black and white, relics of shattered beauty, with a sunflower rising proudly among fallen petals, accompanied by white lilies representing purity and memory. The presence of houses and female figures suggests that this cry is collective, a call of suffocated stories and women who resist and transform spaces meant to contain them into places of rebellion. The artwork pulses with energy, tension, and force. It is an invitation to look beyond silence and structures, to hear the voices that resonate, unyielding.
 
 
 
 
Silenced voices | Mixed-media Artwork | Limited & Open Editions
© Looredana Denicola