"Crucifixion of the Feminine"

"Crucifixion of the Feminine" is the title of my exhibit that I have had floating around in my head for several years now and until a year ago I did not realize the magnitude and the ramifications that it will have. I have recently been making certain connections that will help propel it forward and the people I have been talking with seem to have the same bubbling underneath the surface excitement I have. Taking an idea from its infancy to fully know that it will happen brings beautiful tears to my eyes. I feel as if I have had and will continue to have a great deal of support for me and this project and for that I am eternally grateful.

I am proud of myself that I am sticking with my word and following through with the exhibit.

There will be much more on this as the weeks and months go by but for now I will leave the outline for the exhibit here:




Crucifixion of the Feminine
Exhibition Proposal for Kris Haas



Exhibition Summary:



Proposed Exhibition Title: The Crucifixion of the Feminine



Artists:

Kris Haas
Kris Haas@mac.com
503.285.0667
http://www.krishaas.com


Allison Kramer
allison.kramer1@gmail.com
http://www.allisonkramer.com



Exhibition Description:


“Crucifixion of the Feminine” is a mixed-media exhibition concept,

with the majority of the work from Kris Haas, along with photographs

created by Allison Kramer under the direction of Kris Haas. The show

consists of approximately 40 pieces; 2 large collages, 14 photographs, 24

paintings/panels. The exhibition concept also call for an open forum

performance with readings and testimonials from invited guests and

participants inside the exhibit.


In addition to the art exhibit, the concept call fro a web-site

component where it would build awareness, facilitate conversations and

narrative-formation around the exhibits theme, and, with the help of

visitors, generated a dialogue that responds the question raised by the

“Crucifixion of the Feminine” exhibit. “What would the social psyche be

like if the feminine spirit was allowed to be honored and celebrate with

the equality of the masculine.”



Themes:


“Crucifixion of the Feminine” examines the absence of the feminine

in Christian mythology and theocracy. Through the artwork of Kris Haas,

the Christian Cross becomes a layered funeral shroud that covers up the

earlier human pro to-myth of regeneration as a feminine power. In

examining the crucifixion story “crucified, dead, and buried,” was

raised “on the third day,” not as a crucifixion of a godhead to ransom

back humanity from sin, but as a story of how the feminine, inherent in

humanity, was displaced as a fiver of eternal life by a theocracy that

turns its back on its natural biological heritage.


In collaboration with photographer Allison Kramer, Kris Haas will

produce a series of staged photographs showing the figure on the

crucifixion cross as one of feminine spirit. The visual narrative

presupposes the mythical figure of the crucified Christ as the usurpation

of the feminine power granting rebirth through death, and the Crucifixion

event becomes a point where the theocracy removes the power of rebirth

from the feminine power and claims power of the natural process of

regeneration.

In the aftermath of the artistic examination, the art provides a

context for dialogue for women and men who have experienced living a

life where the feminine aspect of there sex is denigrated and suppressed.

Kris Haas speaks of her own experience, and her interpretation of the

repression within a masculine-dominated belief system and family life.

Through the presence of a public forum and internet message

board, women and men will talk about their own story, and read the

stories of others. At the same time the art grants an environment where

the sacred feminine is recognized for its power of hope, unity and

redemption, while the power of the eternal life through reincarnation is

de-constructed from a dominating theocracy and re-placed back into each

of us.