ANGEL IN THE HOUSE

"Angel in the House" was inspired by Coventry Patmore’s poem, which idealizes the “perfect wife.” The poem is significant not just for its portrayal of an idealized female sexuality, but for how it encapsulates the societal expectations placed upon women.

The evolution of female sexuality has been a battleground for autonomy, identity, and power. Over the past century, feminists have fought tirelessly for liberation, only for modern culture to replace one form of control with another. Today, the female image is often filtered through a lens of commodification, where desirability outweighs depth, and empowerment is mistaken for hypervisibility. It is disheartening to see the hard-won freedoms of past generations reduced to superficial ideals, where self-worth is measured in likes and desirability rather than autonomy and intellect.

Through my work, I aim to challenge this shift—revisiting the past to question the present. By shedding light on history, I hope to spark debate on how we have developed and whether true progress has been made, or if we have simply traded one form of objectification for another.

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