Trestle Gallery

Cabell Molina is an American contemporary artist transplanted from California to the east. Her work explores and deconstructs the patriarchal ideas tied into mid-20th century fashion and advertising imagery. Being raised by a mother of the 1950's who attempted to cement her traditional ideology into Cabell at a young age, she developed a fascination with the female experience as portrayed by women of mid century Americana. Were the women of the 1950's openly cognizant of their oppression? Was femininity created by men and adopted by women to imitate male societal needs. She attempts to present an optimistic vision of rebellion and social progress. Cabell's subjects in her work often come from ads in vintage Life magazines in where she re-appropriates images of women and changes the narrative to portray them as the powerful gender.