Ethel Bustamante
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The Object of my Affection : Adam - The Day After - Objecti(i)Fixation
Photographs - Paintings - Performance
The Object of my Affection : Adam -The Day After - Object(i)Fixation is a continuation of prior exhibits  that focuses on gender roles,  identity, and the feminine energy in nature.  I have been working on this project for the past two years. During that  period, my mother became ill,  and moved on to another realm. My fragile muse finally free  like a butterfly morphing again and again into anything she desires. She was my first Apple. My first Eve. Like any other woman, she is an unknown hero of a life made of compromises. Nature feminine first ,male after; Adam is because of Eve.
Adam
I  hope to  awaken our   consciousness in regards to the reality of women as objects in old and modern times. Using photography as a medium of self-expression,  I decided to alter this reality by asking men to pose nude with an apple to explore levels of comfort/discomfort between me, them, and the viewer, and to raise many questions based on their personal perceptions and experiences. Can my work objectify me and make me a victim of moral deformation? Would I be judged because I am a woman?
The Day After
A visual testimony of stories and myths  about women  through times. Some of these paintings will be accompanied by a sensorial object to  unite the viewer with the work.
Bless the Apple :1  Innocence  2 Fragility :
Inspired by the story of the Three Apples from  "The Arabian Nights"
A man wrongly kills his wife, cuts her into pieces and throws her into the river Tigris. He did so because a slave tricked the man in believing she was his mistress.
Jugdment that kills the innocent and forgives the guilty,

Senses: Victim of your Fantasies
3.Frenzy   4. Raptured   5. Seven Year Itch

Alep : 𐤀‬ ʾālep : The Phoenician alphabet is the oldest verified alphabet
Aleph א
Aleph is also the first letter of the Hebrew word emet (אֶמֶת‬), which means truth.

Lilith - Eve -  Pandora

Bless the Apple : Innocence
Bless the Apple: Fragility
Senses : Rapture
The Odyssey : The Lotus Eaters
Senses : Frenzy
Broken - Calypso's story. Broken "Il cuore di Calipso" Sono l'eterna amante del tuo desidero. Il mio cuore è pieno di ferite. Tu sei uno dei tanti in cerca di distrazione per non sentire la noia di essere mortale. Io, figlia di questa terra, sono amata e non amata. Il mio destino non è stato creato da me, ma dalla tua paura.
Aleph - Evita Sono Lilith, ribelle e selvaggia. Sono Eva, disobbediente e ingannevole. Sono Maria Maddalena, una donna sessuale. Siamo l'utero. Siamo Aleph. Siamo donne rivestite di vergogna. Siamo serpenti con due teste: conoscenza e piacere. Il frutto è tra le nostre gambe. Angeli e demoni riposano nelle nostre corone. Siamo madri della creazione. Amami per il mio dono. Io sono la vita, sono Aleph.
Aleph - Evita
Sono Lilith, ribelle e selvaggia.
Sono Eva, disobbediente e ingannevole.
Sono Maria Maddalena, una donna sessuale.
Siamo l'utero. Siamo Aleph.
Siamo donne rivestite di vergogna.
Siamo serpenti con due teste:
conoscenza e piacere.
Il frutto è tra le nostre gambe.
Angeli e demoni riposano nelle nostre corone.
Siamo madri della creazione.
Amami per il mio dono. Io sono la vita, sono Aleph.
Object(i)Fixation





" Vulnerability" Performance
Come and play with me. Let me play with your skin. I want your eyes to seduce. I want your lips to sin. I want your hands to be tight. Come and play with me.
Diary : Documentation of my days as an Artist " Congratulations is a girl"
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