Nemesis

Nemesis Manifesto:

We stand against the violence inflicted upon women and the earth.
Patriarchy seeks to silence, dismember, and confine, stripping women of voice, agency, and freedom. Yet even in fragments, we rise.
Like Nemesis, we embody strength in solidarity. We transform pain into power, oppression into resistance. Our wings are symbols of justice and renewal. No force can suppress our spirit to fight back.
We reject the mutilation of our bodies, our voices, and our mother earth. We declare: the earth is sacred, women are sacred, and we will not be broken. 

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​While I've been revising the torso portraits, this torso sculpture's posture reminded me of Dürer's Nemesis etching. The bottom part is inspired by one of Goya's etchings from his Disasters of War series, "Enterrar y Callar," "Bury Them and Be Silent," implying the suppression of truth or the erasure of memory, resonating with themes of censorship, loss, and the silencing of suffering by women I address in this work.