Pictorum Gallery is excited to present 'The Songs of Hecate', a group show of seven women artists working across painting, drawing, installation, sculpture and textile. Taking the writings of feminist critic and author Sylvia Federici as inspiration, The Songs of Hecate looks at how cultural knowledge-sharing, rituals and stories are powerful tools used to create a sense of community and support amongst women.
Featured Artists: Ornella Pocetti, Renin Biligner, Chantal Powell, Rithika Pandey, Maddie Yuille, Johanna Seidel, Hannah Lim
Drawing on medieval, classical, mystic, and cultural practices, Songs of Hecate shines a contemporary light on the power of storytelling, showcasing it as a way to dismantle, re-envision and understand different cultures as well as each other.
In Federici’s writings, she highlights how women have been silenced (at the very least) since the early medieval period and the development of the Witch Hunts. Federici points out that through villainising women and especially groups, or ‘covens’, of women, there developed a drain of women-centred cultural knowledge.