Viva la Vulva

The Great Wall of Vagina was finished in 2011 and was first exhibited in a gallery in 2012, after five years spent casting 400 women. But the modelling requests just kept coming. So ever since that project ended he has been working on a similar follow up project, working title Viva la Vulva.

The intention was to complete and debut Viva la Vulva in 2022 on the 10th anniversary of  The Great Wall of Vagina. Unfortunately COVID messed that up. We are now planning to debut the work in 2024…

The idea behind the project is exactly the same. A multi-paneled artwork presenting vulva diversity as broadly as possible so nobody will ever have to worry if they are ‘normal’ again. However the concept and the format will be different. The frame size and colour with be different to distinguish the work. However it will be significantly different in two ways:

1. It will never be finished! That’s right, we’re going to just keep on casting. Every new generation has the same anxieties and so they can have their own Great Wall to join. Nobody will ever be be disappointed that the project is finished. The wall will just grow and grow.
2. Because there will always be more panels being made, unlike The Great Wall of Vagina which is always ten panels, there will never be a set number to display. Thus Viva la Vulva can be ten panels, or fifty, or five or just one. It can be on display in one place or many different places at the same time. It’s a constantly growing, organic, living artwork. How cool!

There is still time to participate and appear in the inaugural exhibitions so please do get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you…