About Mythical Tales

‘Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.’ 
Simone de Beauvoir

The canon of Western art history has selected and refined a narrative in which women artists have been either relegated to a state of posthumous obscurity or, worse, completely erased. In Mythical Tales, a leading tome of that still prevailing narrative is repurposed to create still life constructions from its pages, employing interventionist processes historically associated with so called feminine norms. By subverting the traditional role of the book as sacrosanct and unassailable and highlighting the representation of women in the canon through its customary vehicle of male idealisation, this ongoing series of photographs encourages a reframing of perception and the potential for an alternative perspective.