When a sacred text declares that a woman’s body is impure or useless, how should the rest of the women in her community respond? Cleanse it or condemn it? Protect it and allow it to exist in all its challenging, fragile, and dazzling beauty? 

“Disobedient Bodies: Without Gods, Patrons or Mysteries” brings together artists who have the courage to redefine femininity within their respective cultures. These women, first and foremost artists, emancipate themselves from leaders, patrons, or deities, even challenging spiritual norms, to flourish from the deepest shadows of patriarchy. Each work presented here speaks of methods that go beyond the feminism recorded by historians of white artists, emerging from the farthest corners of large cities.”