Origin of a New World
Charlotte Jansen, The World of Interiors
November 2023
Rarely seen works by the pioneering feminist artist Monica Sjöö, on show in an exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, reveal the inspiration of her lifelong feminist activism and passion for environmental justice.
The extraordinary life and work of the late artist Monica Sjöö will be unfamiliar to most gallery-goers. A prolific creator, staunch environmental activist and leading figure in spiritual feminist circles such as the Goddess movement, Sjöö’s art manifested itself in many forms – posters, banners, activist and theoretical texts and diaristic writings, drawings, collages and paintings. All her works share an unrelenting purpose: to express a love for Mother Earth and to end patriarchy and all forms of oppression […]