Rosa Aiello: The Coquette, The Prude

ROSA AIELLO, THE COQUETTE, THE PRUDE, 2018. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

Rosa Aiello: The Coquette, The Prude

Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB - Dec 8, 2018 – Feb 17, 2019

by Robin Laurance

Based on two short stories by Patricia Highsmith, this solo show includes a video, a series of photographic works and a sound installation. Interdisciplinary artist and writer Rosa Aiello employs a narrative structure to examine female stereotypes and gendered power dynamics. At the same time, through formal devices of interruption and repetition, she questions the audience’s role – whether indi erent or voyeuristic – in the commitment of what is surely a crime.

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