Chloe Franchi

Rest

Painting
2026
Oil on Lace and Canvas
12 x 24 in
This piece draws from the natural architecture of the female body. Bone, muscle, and the quiet crevices in between, where small rabbits are found nestled within. Their presence does not disrupt, but rather settles into what already exists, suggesting a relationship built on accommodation opposed to alteration. Neither form contorts to fit the other and both coexist in a state of mutual allowance.Touching on patriarchal feminist assumption, the body remains open, the chest bare, emphasizing the un sexualized body in a uniformed posture. What if my bones could allow for to bunnies to rest?

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Chloe Franchi

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“Historically, women and animals have been bound together through metaphor in ways that flatten both. My work examines the animalization of women and the humanization of animals as shaped through...” [More]