Emily Moore’s print was inspired by the story that Elizabeth Arden handed out red lipstick to the suffragettes in 1912. The print features the words ‘Woman (Ooman) noh fi paint up dem lip wid war paint’ -which translates as ‘women are not supposed to wear lipstick on their lips’. The phrase derives from Jamaican patois and comments on the fact that the same patriarchal system runs deep across all cultures.

Having personally witnessed the erasure of the contribution of many women artists from the history of art, Moore is acutely aware of the place race and class play within these narratives. The lipstick in the print is a metaphor for womens’ voices and reclaiming the right to be heard. Emily Moore’s powerful and inspiring print is available to collect in a limited edition of 100.

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