Emily Miller - fabric work

Feminist art works are often made from particularly tactile materials (often contrasting ones ~ e.g. silk and pins) which highlight the contrast between men and women, or show that despite women's bodies are soft, they can be strong too.

Emily Miller, "X Chromosomes"

Emily Miller created this work from baby pink faux fur and steel, two contrasting materials - one stereotypically seen as "feminine" and the other "masculine". Named after the the two gender-determining chromosomes that decide whether a baby is a girl, the work is visually striking in terms of size, shape and materials used. The colour and tactile fur fabric suggests softness and delicacy, traits that are stereotypically associated with women, but the size and bold shapes of the piece imply strength and power: stereotypical male traits.