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One of the most interesting things that came out of studying this piece, both in my initial reactions and in the following class discussion, was the assumptions about the gender of the faces.  As I was writing about the piece the first time, I found myself referring to the faces as she, but then I stopped to think about why I assumed that the faces were female, and could not think of any specific reason. Perhaps this had to do with my assumptions about the content of a feminist class. 

I also got more out of the piece once I heard the artist's explanation of it, the fact that the curves on the bottom were meant to be the body, with three different faces emanating from it, all representing the same person.  This speaks to the many faces that people, or perhaps especially women, wear in both the public and private spheres.