Artist:
Liz Gridley
The harpy is a rapacious monster depicted as a bird and a woman, a snatcher, and a derogatory term for a very unpleasant woman or a malicious woman with a vile temper. This creature is silenced, her feathers neat but still, her blood rushing to her vacant face. She has been halted and is still in a moment, upside down harkening the still life game from the Dutch Masters. The definition of the myth is seemingly used to vilify; in breath she is vilified and yet she is the one silenced by unprecedented circumstances, numbers, and wrath. The ongoing culture of femicide, violence against women, and people of non cis-male presentation, birthed this piece. Her silent death seems pointless; it hasn't caused change no matter how loudly the harpy screamed in life or death.
Other Works by Liz Gridley
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.