Imagine an art installation composed of 400 casts of vulvas -a sea of white plaster labia that stretches across an entire wall. An installation that is provocative, and beautiful, but also celebrates genital diversity and is a powerful antidote to genital anxiety. Meet Jamie McCartney, the artist behind The Great Wall of Vulva!
We discuss:
- How Jaimie came to start casting vulvas
- The insecurity both men and women have regarding the appearance of their genitals
- How Jaimie recruited models for the project
- What motivated most models to have their vulva casted
- The casting process
- The educational impact of the work
- The impact of the work on individual models
- The societal impact of the wall
- Censorship and negative reactions
- Casting your own vulva
- How you can have a piece of the wall
- Next projects
More about Jaimie McCartney and the Great Wall of Vulva
GreatWallofVulva.com
Instagram @Mcc.art.ney
JamieMcCartney.com
To See the Exhibit in Miami
Wilzig Erotic Art Museum
https://www.weammuseum.com/
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Lauren Streicher, MD is a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and the founding medical director of the Northwestern Medicine Center for Sexual Medicine and Menopause. She is a certified menopause practitioner of the North American Menopause Society.
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