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New York artist Sana Musasama calls the small ceramic sculptures she's showing at the Clay Studio her "Unspeakable Series." It doesn't take long to figure out why.
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Tastefully Unspeakable by Edward J. Sozanski New York artist Sana Musasama calls the small ceramic sculptures she's showing at the Clay Studio her "Unspeakable Series." It doesn't take long to figure out why.Although the forms are elemental --- they suggest long, narrow leaves folded over and sewn or pinned together through the edges --- the implications are disturbing, because the sculptures suggest female genital mutilation. Musasama doesn't hit us over the head with this theme. The pieces, which average about a foot in length, could easily be read as organic forms derived from nature. The glazes are soft earth tones, and the stitching materials laced through the holes are natural. Yet it's this subtlety and the possibility of reading them innocently that make these quiet pieces so intense. Seen with other Musasama sculptures that refer to foot-binding, they offer a powerful rebuke to cultural practices that create suffering and acute hardship for women. Clay Studio, 139 N. Second St. 215-925-3453
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