HONEYTRAP all female group show
July 18 - August 10, 2008
Opening reception: Friday, July 18, 7 pm.
Strychnin Gallery
Boxhagenerstrasse 36
D-10245 Berlin
Phone: +49 30 9700 2035
An international group show featuring all female artists including: Ver Mar (USA), Nicoletta Ceccolli (Italy), Lesley Reppeteaux (France), Heather Watts (Canada), Catalina Estrada (Columbia), Diva (Spain), Mimi S. (Germany) and Mayo (UK) + guests.
A coy, superior female agent seduces a male enemy and obtains his secrets. Cunningly employed charms enchant an unsuspecting victim – “honeytrap” is a term used to describe the process of seduction in order to compromise, obtain secrets, prove someone’s infidelity, or otherwise put someone in an exploitable position.
Our idea of honeytraps is not only shaped by countless historical examples but also by popular culture such as movies, comics or espionage fiction: Honeytraps are an extremely popular plot device in all of these that mostly feature female agents trapping a male – just think James Bond and the countless times he had to fend off beautiful enemy spies, often the secret stars of the films.
However, honeytraps have entered public consciousness long before then. For one thing, they also appear in the Bible: Judith gained access to the enemies’ camp through her beauty and innocent manner, and she managed to enchant Holofernes and to gain his trust without giving in to his advances, only to behead him in his sleep when he lowered his guard. This scene became a classic in the arts and has among others been depicted by Botticelli, Lucas Cranach, Peter Paul Rubens and Gustav Klimt. What Strychnin Gallery is bringing you this July is a seductive international group show featuring all female artists from all over the world – art with a sweet dark twist.
