Crystal Swamp
, 2023
20 x 150 x 24 cm (h x w x d)
Mirror, Wire and Tape Armature, Air Dry Clay, Acrylic Paint, Varnish, Fine-liner
Concretely approaching portrayal of body image through diseases society created by artificial production and manipulation of natural beauty, the piece embodies loss of self-perception. With a body so frail it lacks strength to pull free of the distortion lower body becomes, the contorted mirror blinds the figure of her ironically skeletal structure. Instead, diffusion of extremist media has infected her brain to malfunction, playing a game with death.