Masculinity

Masculinity, which has always expressed itself against femininity in all areas of life, still signifies the root of oppression, harm, and the inferiority of one group to another. Yet masculinity and femininity are nothing but social constructs. These constructions have caused imbalance in all areas of personal and public life, and economic and political structures. Inflated male egos endanger the mental health of society day by day, delivering new victims by the hour. These victims are, of course, disproportionality women, but they include men, trapped in the confines of what masculinity is supposed to be. Those men who do not fit into the alpha male form are frequently condemned to humiliation and marginality.

Zahra Mohamadi (b. 1992) is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Tehran. She has studied painting at the Fine Art school and sculpture at the Art University of Tehran. Mohamadi has exhibited her work in over 30 group exhibitions in the UK, Germany, Italy, Greece, Russia, United States, Belgium, Netherlands, and Iran. She works with different media such as sculpture, collage, drawing, and printmaking to explore themes like violence, women’s rights, identity, the body, gender, sexual orientation, and taboos. Mohamadi’s artistic goal is to question rather than cast judgment. Follow her on IG @_zahra_mohamadi__