Toomas Kuusing

The painting “Anonymous Women” is a provocative, multi-layered work that engages with themes of corporeality, social stereotypes, and questions of identity. It can be seen as a companion piece to “Anonymous Men”, created in the same year, which depicts the exposed lower bodies of three men – only instead of genitals, various objects (such as a knife) are shown.

But what is the artist trying to say here? One possible interpretation is that women’s bodies have always been subjected to public commentary – on how they should look or how they should be used. The stark message “Women are dicks” appears to expose the misogynistic attitudes that so often lead to the casual devaluation, judgement, and ridicule of women’s physical presence.