Charlotte Gould

Hanging Women Out to Dry

Hanging Women Out to Dry is a series of abstract collages confronting the vulnerability and erasure of women who have survived sexual assault. Made from deconstructed flower photographs I took early in my practice, the works evoke fragmented, suspended bodies—broken, exposed, and disconnected from their cores. These images speak to the violence not only of the act itself, but of a justice system that abandons survivors, leaving them isolated in the aftermath, suspended in a space of pain and silence.

In the Matter of Jane Doe (1974)

cut original photographs, paint chips and found paper mounted on dartboard

8 x 8 in

In the Matter of Jane Doe (2001)

cut an collaged original photographic prints, paint chips, found paper and marker mounted on artboard

8 x 8 in

In the Matter of Jane Doe (1964)

cut and collaged original photographic print, cardboard and marker on clay board

6 x 6 in

People v. HW

cut photograph prints and paint swatches, found paper on arches paper

7 x 6 in

JC v. DJT

cut photographic prints, found paper and silk thread mounted on cardboard

10 x 7 in

People v. BC

cut photographic prints and found paper on arches paper

5 x 5 in

US v. SC

cut photographic prints and found paper on arches paper

5 x 5 in

U.S. v. RK

cut photographic prints and paint swatches on arches paper

4 x 4 in

Regina v. RS

cut photographic prints, found paper and silk thread on arches paper

8 x 8 in

People v. MT

cut photographic prints, found paper and silk thread mounted on cardboard

11 x 8 in

People v. LR

cut photographic prints, found paper, silk thread, graphite and acrylic on clayboard

5 x 5 in

US v. KR

cut original photographs on clayboard

5 x 5 in

Regina v. JM

cut photograph prints on clay board

5 x 5 in

USA v. JE

cut photographic prints on clay board

5 x 5 in

GC v. RA

cut photograph prints on paint swatch

7 x 3 in

LL v. RA

cut photographic prints on paint swatch

3 x 7 in