Koshi Nage
By
Iain Hales
2022
Dimensions
165 x 120 x 35cm
Jesmonite, MDF, ceramic tiles, grout and aluminium.
“Koshi Nage” is inspired by suffragist Edith Garrud’s use of jujitsu in teaching women self defence. Garrud (1872-1971) played a central role in training the WSPU’s Bodyguard Unit, known popularly in the press as the “Suffrajitsu”
The work’s colour-pallet is derived from the colours used in UK Suffragette movement’s insignia - purple, white and green. The blocky architectural fragments are redolent of the bricks suffragettes carried in their handbags and used to smash windows as part of their protests.
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