In a ‘beauty-obsessed culture’

“Hysteria” (ceramic and glaze), by Corran Shrimpton, in her show “Fresh Flowers,’’ at Bromfield Gallery, Boston, Jan. 2-Feb. 1.

The gallery says the show “explores the tumultuous relationship that many women experience with their bodies in today’s beauty-obsessed culture. Surfaces inspired by Victorian decor highlight the parallels between the constraints faced by women historically and those prevalent today.

“Distorted feminine forms illustrate the restriction and contortion of our bodies needed to achieve impossible beauty standards and prompts us to consider our expectations of femininity, their origins, and their effects.’’