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Raquel Paiewonsky

Parida (Birthed), 2001

Description

Maker

  • Raquel Paiewonsky, b. 1969, Dominican

Title

Parida (Birthed)

Year

2001

Medium

Plastic and rubber dolls hand sewn onto fabric

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • rubber,
  • plastic,
  • fabric

Dimensions

Length: 127 cm (50 inches)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Mary B. Jackson Fund

Object Number

2005.13

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Figure

March 12, 2010 - March 3, 2011

Using commercially manufactured baby dolls considered at once
precious yet expendable, Dominican artist Raquel Paiewonsky
explores ingrained cultural stereotypes about femininity and race.
In this dress/sculpture from a series of ten, the simple shape of
the garment signifies the idea of a woman. Countless dolls covering
the surface of the dress have skin tones that range from white to
dark brown, representing the transracial origins of the Dominican
and wider Caribbean population and fertility in general. The artist
had difficulty finding brown-skinned dolls to balance the number
of white ones, underscoring persistent racial hierarchies.

Bodies of Evidence

July 1 - September 25, 2005

Island Nations

October 29, 2004 - January 20, 2005

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Parida (Birthed) with the accession number of 2005.13. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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