Patrriarchy as Ideology
“Senti a necessidade de fazer estes desenhos devido ao ataque do Hamas a 7 de outubro e à resposta de Israel em Gaza. Estou horrorizado com a forma como uma narrativa patriarcal justifica e normaliza as mortes, a falta de habitação e o sofrimento de tantos. Como cidadãos livres, temos de lembrar o poder de que ele nos deve responsabilidade, e o seu silêncio é o nosso silêncio. Este é o meu grito para pararem.”
I felt the need to make these drawing because of the Hamas attack of 7th October and Israel’s reponse in Gaza. I am horrified by how a patriarchal narrative justifies and normalises the killing, the homelessness and the suffering of so many. As free citizens we have to remind power that it is beholden to us and its silence is our silence. This is me screaming stop.
Chad Keveny, 1981, is an Irish artist and painter working between West Sligo and Sète (South of France). I graduated from l’École Supérieur des Beaux-arts de Toulouse in 2004 followed by a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Trinity College Dublin. Since 2013, I have been a full time artist painting and producing exhibitions in Europe, Argentina, Brazil and China. A lot of my work is based on exploring family history and relating it to societal issues, over the last few years I have been working on the development of Tocantins in Brazil and how that relates to us in Europe.
