THE FAIRY TALES

Size: W 17 feet x H 9.5 feet Installation: Collage on Canvas with broom, bucket, sponge and brush. Snow white and Cinderella are poor, uneducated, with ripped clothes, submissive body position, cleaning on their knees, cooking, sewing, with no friends, very few family, victim and very unsuccessful in their life. The other women are the witch, the two step sisters, and the step mother. They are criminal, mean, ugly, uneducated, stupid, except for the fairy who is fat and old. The man image as a prince is wealthy, educated, with sophisticated clothes, powerfull , successful, riding a horse, beautiful body and face, well surrounded by his family and friends. Man appears as a solution. As a little girl of 5 years, I listened to the record of these stories 350 times over and over again and I loved it. What a waste of time and energy. They should be called “Nightmares” instead “Fairy Tales” and they are still part of the girl’s culture and destroy their self-esteem. These are 1950’s ads, please read them, you are not going to believe them… There is more than 57 different wedding magazines in United States. Quite a business!!!!!