Surreal Women: The Pain Of Desire

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Entitled The Pain of Desire, the exhibition will explore the theatricality of female desire, and the inner pain suffered through the pursuit of prescribed and aspirational notions of identity and success. At once beautiful yet haunting, nostalgic yet timeless, Bevan's surreal staged moments are captured on Polaroid. Each hand-printed, Bevan's intimate, otherworldly studies of mysterious female characters will be displayed in found, antique frames sourced by the artist, the frame an extension of the piece. Bevan is regularly commissioned as a fashion photographer for leading publications around the world. A selection of her editorial work will be exhibited alongside The Pain of Desire. In this exhibition Bevan asks questions around notions of perfection promoted by contemporary society and media, and the negative impact they can have on women, feeding a desire for an ideal that doesn't exist. Cob Gallery is also collaborating with concept store Guts for Garters in their second theme — Surreal Women. It will run alongside The Pain of Desire and will include pieces from Grayson Perry, Eileen Agar, and Alexander McQueen among many others. Guts for Garters' Surreal Women also explores the depiction of the female, taking the anarchic 20th century female surrealist Claude Cahun as its inspiration. For more information about Guts for Garters, please see their website