&DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY

RE: SHE

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Letter from the Editors...........................................3Untitled by Cheyenne Julien........................5Perch by Maya Mason.....................6for i am She by Lisa Lee..........7After Abortion by Anthony Azanon................9Strangefruit Series by Yelitsa Jean-Charles..................10Untitled by Sarah Dillard................................13Weapons of Mass Distraction by García Sinclair.....15Frozen in Paradise by Mandi Cai............16The Absence of Madre by Maru Pabón............18Target by Abby Murphy.......................20mouth clogged (a sonnet) by Marisha Lozada...........21My Eyes Are Down Here, Sir by Maya Mason......22The Obliteration of the Self(ie) by Chris Lee...24#BreakTheBell by Chanelle Adams.............29Re:Re:She by you................................30

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Dear reader/viewer/friend,

“Her” image is entirely the eye of the beholder. This zine is in RE: sponse to the Bell Gallery’s exhibition SHE: Picturing women at the turn of the 21st century—a col-lection of high-profile art displayed together under the sole premise that they all offer depictions of women in contemporary visual art. Explicitly, and unapologetically, without narrative argument but with clear authority, the gallery reveals no unified stance. The content of each piece stands alone, reverberating echoes into empty gal-lery space, basically begging for us to hollaback...

When opened our call for submissions, we did not expect to receive so many visual responses. But it does make sense. The urge, the drive to represent the female form struck student artists at Brown and RISD, adding to the representation bank and challenging the authority of the art world with beautiful, hilarious, and thoughtful pieces. We welcome these RE:sponses, and encourage you to engage with the representations on these walls, in these pages, in your heads.

Chanelle Adams, BluestockingsMaru Pabón, BluestockingsReya Sehgal, Bell Gallery

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Dear reader/viewer/friend,

“Her” image is entirely the eye of the beholder. This zine is in RE: sponse to the Bell Gallery’s exhibition SHE: Picturing women at the turn of the 21st century—a col-lection of high-profile art displayed together under the sole premise that they all offer depictions of women in contemporary visual art. Explicitly, and unapologetically, without narrative argument but with clear authority, the gallery reveals no unified stance. The content of each piece stands alone, reverberating echoes into empty gal-lery space, basically begging for us to hollaback...

When opened our call for submissions, we did not expect to receive so many visual responses. But it does make sense. The urge, the drive to represent the female form struck student artists at Brown and RISD, adding to the representation bank and challenging the authority of the art world with beautiful, hilarious, and thoughtful pieces. We welcome these RE:sponses, and encourage you to engage with the representations on these walls, in these pages, in your heads.

Chanelle Adams, BluestockingsMaru Pabón, BluestockingsReya Sehgal, Bell Gallery

RE: RE: SHE(you respond)

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Letter from the Editors...........................................3Untitled by Cheyenne Julien........................5Perch by Maya Mason.....................6for i am She by Lisa Lee..........7After Abortion by Anthony Azanon................9Strangefruit Series by Yelitsa Jean-Charles..................10Untitled by Sarah Dillard................................13Weapons of Mass Distraction by García Sinclair.....15Frozen in Paradise by Mandi Cai............16The Absence of Madre by Maru Pabón............18Target by Abby Murphy.......................20mouth clogged (a sonnet) by Marisha Lozada...........21My Eyes Are Down Here, Sir by Maya Mason......22The Obliteration of the Self(ie) by Chris Lee...24#BreakTheBell by Chanelle Adams.............29Re:Re:She by you................................30

&DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY

RE: SHE

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