The Great Wall of Vagina

Like it or loathe it, the widely talked about Great Wall of Vagina has arrived in the Capital.

From Essex vajazzles to One Born Every Minute, vaginas are everywhere. However, nowhere puts the female nether regions in the spotlight more so, than Jamie McCartney’s Great Wall of Vagina.  With 400 participants ranging from 18-76 years old, the artwork took 5 years to make, used ½ a tonne of plaster and has resulted in 9 metres of vaginas  (now there's a sentence I never thought I'd write!) The collection includes mothers, daughters, identical twins, and even a pre and post labiaplasty mold. The presentation of the artwork is far from being a pornographic pervert party; instead, it is a provocative response to cosmetic labial surgeries and encourages people to take a deeper look (pun intended) at what constitutes normality, by changing female body perception through art.

It's free, on at the Hay Hill Gallery and is here until 2nd June.