Larisa Usich

Laws Outta My Pants, 2022

Jeans and pages of Dobbs judgment, slip dipped in clay and burned out  — 12” x 15” x 3”.

Your laws were in my pants. 

But they’re only paper and burned up—dipped in clay for posterity and fired.

I decide what goes in my pants—your laws, no thanks.

My being is made of more than you can ever control,

My body and those of my sisters create humanity.  

My spirit, invincible.

Out of the fire comes a Green Wave*,

worldwide solidarity shown in the green pants.

Sisterhood amongst those who know

what it is to live in a body

filled with vulnerability, power, 

and rage.

Bio

Larisa Usich is an MFA candidate in Spatial Arts at San Jose State University, with a BA from Brown University.  Her sculptural practice is grounded in intuitive expression of the personal and political. Using mixed materials she creates gestural forms which merge terrains of emotion with layers of meaning. Currently capturing her attention is the state of women’s lack of bodily autonomy worldwide.

*The Green Wave movement arose from Latin America and has spread worldwide with the use of green scarves symbolizing the legalization of abortion. The movement has successfully advocated new legislation centered on women’s body autonomy and rights around the world.