Design and Art Australia Online

The Hotham Street Ladies consists of five women including Cassandra Chilton, Molly O’Shaugnessy, Sarah Parkes, Caroline Price and Lyndal Walker, who collectively produce art together. Their works span across a range of mediums including street art, installations, public art, recipe books and cakes with their primary materials including icing, fondant, buttercream icing, royal icing, food colouring and gum-paste. Working collaboratively, their practice embraces themes of home life, feminism and craft in a humorous and critical manner.

With their unconventional use of materials, the Hotham Street Ladies have successfully created an intriguing art practice that successfully questions the role of women in a contemporary society, the meaning of domesticity and issues regarding gender roles. Making the statement that female worth is not judged on the cleanliness of a household or whether their cakes or installations are ‘pleasing to the eye,’ their works successfully communicate that women can participate in typical domestic crafts without being subservient.

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Date written:

2014

Last updated:

2014