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Athena Papadopoulos talks about her exhibition The Apple Nun
The Apple Nun (Book of Hymns) takes on a ubiquitous presence in each room of the exhibition. Papadopoulos alters the space with a newspaper reproduction of the text explosively scattered throughout. Like yesterday’s news — a stand-in for the fallen woman — the pages constitute the binding framework that unites the rooms of the exhibition and the characters that inhabit them. A tornado of autumnal leaves, at first beautiful and fun to play in but ultimately a nuisance to get rid of, this abundant distribution brings to mind the destructive and toxic misrepresentations of women’s transforming complexities as potentially high-maintenance chores. Historically, these women – branded witches, lunatics or jezebels – have systematically been swept from society’s view.