Wishing a happy birthday to Carolyn Drake (@drakeycake)! In a review of Drake’s Spring 2022 exhibition at Yancey Richardson Gallery of work from her Knit Club and Isolation Therapy series, Michelle O’Malley (@michelle_omalley) writes: “Through her work, Drake redirects viewers’ perceptions of femininity away from their bodies’ and toward their own narratives. Drake achieves this artful deviation by covering the faces and body parts of the women photographed with random objects like plaster, picture frames, and even an eagle's head. By obscuring these female subjects, the male gaze is canceled out and we instead focus on the surrounding atmosphere, such as the small child sitting at their feet or the flowers surrounding them. Motherhood is portrayed as more than just a result of sexuality, but rather a highly regarded job that requires a strong being.” Shown here: Eagle Eye, 2019, Karen, 2018. — #CarolynDrake #KnitClub #IsolationTherapy #YanceyRichardsonGallery