Rape Isn't Beautiful

Miesch stated a goal of their work is to present the viewer with information that will help them question truths that have been perpetuated by society and the historically male dominated art world. This is because they believe that when beliefs are forced on someone, an aspect of individuality is lost. This is a photograph of the Rape of Proserpina sculpture by Gian Bernini. The sculpture tells the story of a minor roman goddess, Proserpine being taken to the Underworld by Pluto after he had been struck by Cupid's arrow. The artist layered text over the photograph that reads as " the rape of the sabine, rape isn't beautiful you are not a god, o don't glorify yourself". The sabine that the artist references is a roman myth about the abduction of a group of women called the sabine women by Roman men. The text and the imagery challenges the rape of women in greco roman myths and the interest male artist took for their inspiration.