I see “Anonymous Women” as an illustration of this anonymity, disguising the identities and quirks of each individual woman for the sake of blending in and maintaining the status quo. Carroll’s own interpretation of her work takes a different approach, examining the “dichotomy of domesticity” that women experience in their own houses. This phrase alludes to the way the home can function as both a relaxing refuge and a restrictive prison for women. “The domestic interior of the home is a place of comfort, but can also be camouflage for individual identity when the idealized decor becomes an obsession, or indication of position or status,” Carroll said in an email.
