Kathy Aoki Archive

Disgraced Patriarchal Monuments

I satirize traditional formats to suggest that monuments to the manosphere were created in response to the recent rise of women in power. These sculptures were created for me solo exhibition Toppled Times at the Recology Artist-in-Residence Program in 2020.

Garden of Disgraced Patriarchal Monuments, installation featuring "Virilitas," "Mansplaining," "Always on Top" and pigeons at the Recology San Francisco Artist-in-Residence Program, Approx. 10ft h x 15 ft w x 8 ft d, 2020. by Kathy Aoki
Mansplaining (Disgraced Patriarchal Monument), installation detail at Recology San Francisco Artist-in-Residence program, 2020. by Kathy Aoki
Garden of Disgraced Patriarchal Monuments, installation detail, mixed media (contains no real rock), Approx. 10ft h x 15 ft w x 8 ft d, 2020. by Kathy Aoki
Mansplaining (Disgraced Patriarchal Monument), recycled foam/construction adhesive/mixed media/found head, 59 x 19 x 19 inches, 2020 by Kathy Aoki
Virilitas (Latin for "Virility), papier-mache/recycled foam/mixed media, approx. 7ft h x 4 ft w x 1.5 ft d, 2020. by Kathy Aoki
Moment of Discovery: Discarded Patriarchal Monument, temporary installation at the San Francisco dump, with photo by M.Gibson
Patria Potestas Perpetua (Latin for "Unending Patriarchy"), marble/brass/linen/wood, 18 x 18 x 3.5 in., 2020 by Kathy Aoki
Patria Potestas Perpetua (wall label), wall label design with found photo, 2020 by Kathy Aoki
Death of Patriarchy, mixed media diorama inset into wall, 18 x 18 in. acrylic half dome, 2020 by Kathy Aoki
Misogyny Mourns the Death of Patriarchy (detail), mixed media diorama inset into wall, 18 x 18 in. acrylic dome, 2020 by Kathy Aoki