Textiles, metal and wood
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
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Broken Column
Lent by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of the Latin American Acquisitions Committee 2018
<p><span>Broken Column </span>is made from various used corsets, They have been stitched together to emphasise the painful effect that corsets have upon women’s bodies. The title refers to a painting by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo entitled <span>The Broken Column</span> 194 4. Kahlo depicted herself wearing a steel corset with a broken marble column in place of her own damaged spine. Belli’s layered corsets suggests the collective pressures and enduring inequalities that women face in a patriarchal society.</p><p><em>Gallery label, December 2020</em></p>
sculpture textiles metal wood
7 December 2020 – 3 April 2022
2022-04-03
7 December 2020 – 3 April 2022
2022-04-03
2020-12-07
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2020-12-07
Patricia Belli
Collection based display
18 January 2026 – 17 May 2026
2026-05-17
18 January 2026 – 17 May 2026
2026-05-17
2026-01-18
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, USA)
http://www.mfah.org
2026-01-18
Frida: The Making of an Icon
Loan-out
Broken Column
object: 790 × 500 × 90 mm
Lent by the Tate Americas Foundation, courtesy of the Latin American Acquisitions Committee 2018
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<i>Broken Column </i>is made from various used corsets, They have been stitched together to emphasise the painful effect that corsets have upon women’s bodies. The title refers to a painting by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo entitled <i>The Broken Column</i> 194 4. Kahlo depicted herself wearing a steel corset with a broken marble column in place of her own damaged spine. Belli’s layered corsets suggests the collective pressures and enduring inequalities that women face in a patriarchal society.</p>
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