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Can Wonder Woman Cra-ac-ck Gender Stereotypes? –– Are we in the midst of a Gender Revolution? –– Is the Fluidity of Gender becoming more and more slippery? Artist activist Linda Stein’s answer is Yes! And her multi-media exhibition, which includes Wonder Woman and Body-Swapping videos, tells her story visually and viscerally.

The larger-than-life black leather and metal buckled/zippered figures in this exhibition are a continuation of Stein’s sculptural series, Knights, which began in 2002. They scramble gender expectations and merge opposites: They are female/male, strong/soft, aggressive/defensive. They are at once jarring and formidable, as well as seductive and inviting.

Stein’s acrylicized-paper sculptures, with Wonder Woman motifs, are hung on coat racks, mannequins and walls, ready to be worn by participants who monitor themselves in mirrors as they take on new avatars with gender-bending results.

A full-color catalog is available with an essay by Dr. Christina Penn-Goetsch.

Stein is represented by Flomenhaft Gallery, NY and Longstreth Goldberg Art, FL.

Her archives are available through Smith College and her website is www.LindaStein.com.

The GC Museum hosts several educational programs each semester aimed to work in conjunction with the liberal arts mission of the college and to serve the Milledgeville community as well as the students, faculty and staff of Georgia College.