LEGS IS LEGS
In Legs is Legs, Stewart engaged in the reiterative practice of binding her body with nylon pantyhose to an ironing board. Through the act of restraining herself with accessories that are commonly used to keep the body “in line”, she attempted to physicalize the constraints that dictate how women can and should present their bodies to others. Bound by over 100 pairs of pantyhose, Stewart renders herself immobile. Her self-imposed entrapment represents the violence that’s enacted to uphold conceptions of gender.