Sweetie

by Shirl Chouinard

approx. 18" height • Sugar Assemblage $NFS

As cast sugar, Sweetie is desirable. By placing her next to the antique sugar nippers, she has become vulnerable and defenseless. Hopefully the juxtaposition of the nippers and the cast sugar female helps to create a dialogue on how our society wraps our myths of sweetness and abuse into a neat package regarding women.