Ice age sculptures of the female form depict women in every stage of their lives, and do not simply conform to the traditional male gaze.\r
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Curator Jill Cook contrasts the posture and gaze of these female forms with classical depictions of Venus, while artist Ghislaine Howard explores her own contemporary representations of women in child birth, including self-portraits.\r
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Originally made for the exhibition Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind.