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"Hot Pink Grannies" by Lisa Kessler.
The color pink wasn't always associated with girls. In earlier eras it was considered a watered down version of red, a power color, so little boys were dressed in pink while blue was considered more appropriately demure for girls, some researchers say.
"I was not a pink girl in any way," Kessler said, in a recent interview in which she talked about her upcoming exhibition at Fitchburg State University. "I avoided it all costs because in our lifetime pink has always been kind of a girly girl color and I was never a girly girl. I didn't want to be labeled or limited in any way and I thought the color might limit me."
What Kessler does like, however, is an artistic challenge. She has tackled tough topics such as the sexual abuse of children by the Catholic Church, which resulted in the powerful documentary film "Heart in the Wound." After spending years immersed in that challenging topic, she felt a need for a change of direction. A friend suggested she explore the color pink for its varied visual and cultural connotations.
Lisa Kessler, "Seeing Pink," at the Hammond Hall Art Gallery at Fitchburg State University, February 5-March 28 2014
http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/campus-life/things-to-do/cultural-activities/artgallery/#SeeingPink
