Shari Pierce: Whitewash / Portraits of 34 Sex Offenders and 2 Sexual Predators from Within a 5 Mile Radius
Exhibition
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10 Jul 2010
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04 Sep 2010
Published: 03.07.2010
Galerie Rob Koudijs
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(... ) As an artist, her object is not to find a solution, but to highlight the situation and provoke debate. Whitewash / Portraits of 34 Sex Offenders and 2 Sexual Predators from Within a 5 Mile Radius shows the medium of jewellery in its most political form. (...)
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Shari Pierce
It is easy to pin on a ribbon to show that you support AIDS victims or are against abuse of women: jewellery can be a bearer of many different tidings. But the new necklaces of Shari Pierce go one step further.
Many men apparently have a rather difficult time with their testosterone levels. In the United States, where strict moral standards clash with an over-sexualized culture, there is a huge desire to control people’s urges and impulses. An example: everyone who has ever been found guilty of rape is always obliged by law to register with the local police. This American system makes it possible to locate all offenders living within a 5-mile radius of your home. Shari Pierce tested this with a random address; the house she selected was surrounded by 36 potential threats.
The problem is clearly manifest in the subject, the choice of material and the workmanship of Pierce’s necklaces. As an artist, her object is not to find a solution, but to highlight the situation and provoke debate. Whitewash / Portraits of 34 Sex Offenders and 2 Sexual Predators from Within a 5 Mile Radius shows the medium of jewellery in its most political form.
Ward Schrijver
(copyright Galerie Rob Koudijs)
Many men apparently have a rather difficult time with their testosterone levels. In the United States, where strict moral standards clash with an over-sexualized culture, there is a huge desire to control people’s urges and impulses. An example: everyone who has ever been found guilty of rape is always obliged by law to register with the local police. This American system makes it possible to locate all offenders living within a 5-mile radius of your home. Shari Pierce tested this with a random address; the house she selected was surrounded by 36 potential threats.
The problem is clearly manifest in the subject, the choice of material and the workmanship of Pierce’s necklaces. As an artist, her object is not to find a solution, but to highlight the situation and provoke debate. Whitewash / Portraits of 34 Sex Offenders and 2 Sexual Predators from Within a 5 Mile Radius shows the medium of jewellery in its most political form.
Ward Schrijver
(copyright Galerie Rob Koudijs)

Necklace: Stain, 2010
Used lace curtain, ink
85 x 34 cm
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Necklace: Sack, 2010
Old flannel pillow case, broken dishes, ink, thread
84 x 25cm
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Pendant: #3 of 36 Portraits of Sex Offenders-Predators from within a 5 mile radius, 2010
Photo transparencies, black paint, stainless steel
13.5 x 10cm
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Necklace: Hope (or False Hope), 2010
Cotton gauze
90 x 15 cm
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Necklace: 34 Sexual Offenders and 2 Sexual Predators, 2010
Photo prints from transparencies, silk
170 cm long
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Necklace: Modesty Sketch, 2010
Hijab, used bedroom curtain, ink
81 x 20 cm
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Necklace: Burqa Necklace, 2010
Burqa
97 cm long
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Necklace: Information Integration-36 portraits of Sex Offenders, 2010
Cotton gauze, photo prints from transparencies
66 cm long
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Galerie Rob Koudijs
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