Inspired by her own family, Singaporean artist Niceaunties puts aunties at the heart of the world she conjures up
Auntieverse, chapter 3: Factory. In February, Niceaunties released 10 chapters of the Auntieverse, consisting of 1,000 images created over a year.Auntieverse, chapter 3: Factory. In February, Niceaunties released 10 chapters of the Auntieverse, consisting of 1,000 images created over a year.
Across the region, auntie doesn’t refer only to someone who has nieces and nephews, but is also used as a broader term for older women. There are negative connotations to this – according to stereotypes, they are known for giving unsolicited comments or asking unwanted questions . The project was inspired by the older women in her own family, including her grandmother, who was born in Singapore in the early 1930s. She didn’t have the chance to access proper education, and worked on a rubber plantation from an early age, before entering an arranged marriage and going on to have eight children.
Through her artwork, Niceaunties aspires to imagine “a different kind of life and unbridled freedom” for this generation of women. The artwork also deals with bleaker themes, such as loneliness, isolation and environmental destruction. One series, Auntlantis, portrays the plastic pollution crisis. Here, fishes have adapted to thrive on the plastics and have grown huge in size. An auntie reminisces about a time when the world was clean.
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