Gendered Lines
Gendered Lines
Barbara Clark
48" x 36" x3/4"
oil on canvas
Gendered Lines stages a quiet confrontation in a space rigidly divided by custom. A woman in a striking red dress stands at a urinal, unapologetically occupying territory long coded as male. Beside her, a nearly transparent man watches—his gaze present, but his authority fading. The reversal unsettles the rules of who may stand where, who may look, and who must shrink. By shifting scale and solidity, the painting questions the fragility of gender boundaries and exposes how public spaces police the body. Here, the line between masculine and feminine blurs—and power subtly changes hands.

