Artwork Information:
A Glass Ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a certain demographic (typically applied to minorities) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. The Glass Ceiling installation is a metaphor for women breaking through the social barriers and limitations and a celebration of new feminist movements #metoo and #timesup The piece consists of a broken glass chess board with the chess pieces floating above the board; pink pieces represent women and face the white spiked pieces referencing white supremacy. The chess pieces are set according to the 31st move in a 2012 rapid game between Magnus Carlsen and Judith Polgar. The 31st move that defined Polgar's victory. Polgar is a chess grandmaster; generally considered the strongest female chess player of all time.
Artwork Information:
A Glass Ceiling is a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a certain demographic (typically applied to minorities) from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy. The Glass Ceiling installation is a metaphor for women breaking through the social barriers and limitations and a celebration of new feminist movements #metoo and #timesup The piece consists of a broken glass chess board with the chess pieces floating above the board; pink pieces represent women and face the white spiked pieces referencing white supremacy. The chess pieces are set according to the 31st move in a 2012 rapid game between Magnus Carlsen and Judith Polgar. The 31st move that defined Polgar's victory. Polgar is a chess grandmaster; generally considered the strongest female chess player of all time.
