PAINTINGS/pinturas

“PLANETA VAGINA”

Planeta Vagina CristinaBaccin, Series: Womanhood / Femmina Constellation
Mixed Media on gallery wrapped canvas (24×24 in / 61×61 cm)

Planeta Vagina is a constantly frozen planet. It is part of the Femmina Constellation Series, a space where justice for women reigns.

My painting is inspired by Dante Alighieri’s Divina Commedia, a classic Italian narrative poem (ca. 1321). In the first part of his poem, Dante Alighieri invented an inferno (Italian for “hell”) for people whose behavior was dishonest, corrupt, despotic, violent, or tyrannical and oppressive. 

In my artwork, the inferno is a constellation specifically aimed at the oppressors of women’s bodies and lives where the Planeta Vagina is intended for rapists and abusers of girls and women. Instead of the fire of a hell, on this planet there is ice and a gigantic frozen vulvar and vaginal territory where rapists, abusers and predators are condemned to live in a freezing environment forever, at -130º F (a temperature similar to the lowest temperatures in Antarctica). 

The theme’s inspiration is derived from one of the most common survival reactions of sexual assault victims: body freezing.

“Planeta Vagina” is exhibited at the Women´s Caucus for Arts, Washington DC Chapter Member Exhibition at the Waverly Street Gallery (Bethesda, MD) on view June 29-July 26th, 2025. The Opening Reception was on July 11th.

Invitational Flyer by Women´s Caucus for Art, Washington DC Chapter

© Cristina Baccin 2024

“Planeta Vagina” in exhibition by the WCADC was featured in the 2025 Fall 2025 Montgomery College Arts Catalog (see pictures below). The publication reaches nearly 10,000 households, plus libraries, art centers, community centers, MC locations, and more.

Spanish / Español

“Planeta Vagina”

Planeta Vagina es un(a) planeta constantemente congelado. Forma parte de la Serie Constelación FEMMINA, una serie de planetas que conforman un universo donde reina la justicia para las mujeres.

Mi composición se inspira en la Divina Comedia de Dante Alighieri, un poema narrativo italiano clásico (ca. 1321). En la primera parte de su poema, Dante Alighieri inventó un infierno para  personas cuyo comportamiento era deshonesto, corrupto, despótico, violento o tiránico y opresivo. 

En mi obra, el infierno es una constelación dirigida específicamente a los opresores de los cuerpos y las vidas de mujeres, donde el Planeta Vagina es el destino de violadores y abusadores de niñas y mujeres. En lugar del fuego de un infierno, en este planeta hay hielo y un gigantesco territorio vulvar y vaginal congelado donde violadores, abusadores y depredadores son condenados a vivir en un ambiente helado para siempre, a -98°C (una temperatura similar a las temperaturas más bajas de la Antártida). 

La inspiración del tema se deriva de una de las reacciones de supervivencia más comunes de las víctimas de agresión sexual: la sensación de congelamiento del cuerpo.

Italian / italiano

“Pianeta Vagina”

DETAILS / DETALLES / DETTAGLI

Cristina Baccin, Planeta Vagina, Detail 3

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