Corp! Detroit Artist Tackles Tough Emotions in Her Work, Hopes to Teach Others to Do the Same
“As an empathic and sensitive person, I deconstruct difficult concepts to understand and to reconstruct the narrative in my work,” DeMuro said. “It’s almost like method acting. I do a great deal of research that allows me to step into the experience. From there, something new, and even something cathartic, can emerge.”
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Jessica DeMuro Graves & Laura Earle discuss Womxnhouse Detroit on Michigan Radio
Back in 1972, a couple of contemporary artists created an installation that explored what it means to be a woman. It was called Womanhouse. And the artists transformed a deserted Hollywood mansion into an expression of womanhood, femininity, and its challenges. Now, nearly 50 years later, a group of Detroit artists are taking on the same concept and reinterpreting it for this present moment. On this episode of Stateside, we’re talking about contemporary feminism and the making of Womxnhouse Detroit.
Detroit Metro Times: How artist Jessica DeMuro Graves is healing from loss by returning to the womb with 'Womxnhouse'
“Miscarriage is another thing that women experience and men experience, too. So I started to realize that the womb is the epicenter, right? It's this source of creation, but also of destruction. Also many of us that are women identifying go through that birth-death-rebirth cycle monthly. So while it may be jarring, it may feel like a journey back to your original home in a way. In some way, shape, or form, as far as science works right now we are all brought to this world through the womb.”
Detail Shot of Hanger Monster