Bidspirit auction | Sandra Chevrier, La Cage Stoique

Sandra Chevrier, La Cage Stoique - Sandra Chevrier (Canadian, 1983) La Cage, Stoique, 2020 Acrylic on canvas Dark Background Disrupted By Bright Blue, Hyperrealistic Eyes Wearing A Mask Of Warped Comic/Pop Art. The Word ”Freedom” Across The Forehead. A painting from Chevrier’s iconic The Cages series - juxtaposing feminine subjects with comic book iconography in order to explore concepts of social expectation via the female gaze. This is built upon the idea of women trying to find freedom from society’s twisted preconceptions of what they should or shouldn’t be and do. Chevrier depicts her female figures trapped inside society’s suffocating “Cages” of expectation; held captive by the limitations forced upon them by society and culture, and ultimately revealing how corrupt our perception of beauty has become.