Make up the well-known faces of women in the political world with marks of beatings and blood, to alert about violence against women: the shock process is used by an Italian artist, aleXsandro Palombo, in a series of posters plastered in the streets of Milan. Hillary Clinton, Angela Merkel, Brigitte Macron or even Michelle Obama are thus made up in order to raise awareness.
This "street art campaign" is called "Just because I am a woman", a reference to the song written and performed by Dolly Parton. "Violence against women is a global problem that affects everyone regardless of race, social class or religion," said the posters.
In addition to the German Chancellor and the former US presidential candidate, the photographs depict the American democratic parliamentarian Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the de facto head of the Burmese government, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Sonia Gandhi, the president of the Party. of Congress, the main opposition party in India.
By displaying the abused faces of some of the most important women on the world political scene, aleXsandro Palombo intends to "illustrate the drama that affects millions of women around the world (...) in order to denounce, raise awareness and get a real response from institutions and politics, "his press office said in a statement.
On each poster, under faces with traces of blow and strangulation, sentences in English denounce the situation of many women across the planet: "I am a victim of domestic violence, I am paid less, I have suffered mutilation I have no right to dress as I want, I cannot choose who I will marry, I was raped. "
The contemporary and militant artist aleXsandro Palombo, 45, is known for his political hijacking work of known, sometimes iconic visuals. Among his most important works are "Disabled Disney Princesses" or "The Simpsons Go to Auschwitz".
On International Women's Rights Day, he launched the #BriefMessage campaign inviting women to report violence by writing a message on their pants and then sharing the photo on the Internet.
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