‘Face’ is the current exhibition of photographs by Margate-based artist Liene Steinberga Cesar. Within this body of work, Steinberga-Cesar explores her personal journey to assert control back from the inevitable confines of social and political stereotyping. The resulting work represents a complex, potentially confronting, but ultimately more nuanced and fulfilling understanding of self.
At times, ‘Face’ can be bleak and the work doesn’t seek to shy away from the violence many women experience in their lives. Perhaps it’s the works use of humour which best evokes the absurd nature of our struggle, as we face up to that most elusive of questions: ‘who am I when I’m not being told who I should be?’