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I've always hated birds. I found two birds badly decomposing and was fascinated. Even gleeful. This book addresses what it means to inhabit a body. These images are from live model studies, studies of specimens from a biology lab, and my own findings of mutilated birds, in attempts to investigate what it means to inhabit my body and paint the bodies I hate most-- birds-bodies.
I've always hated birds. I found two birds badly decomposing and was fascinated. Even gleeful. Created for a figure painting class, this book addresses what it means to inhabit a body. These images are from live model studies, studies of specimens from the biology lab, and my own findings of mutilated birds, in attempts to investigate what it means to inhabit my body and paint the bodies I hate most-- birds-bodies.
I've always hated birds. I found two birds badly decomposing and was fascinated. Even gleeful. Created for a figure painting class, this book addresses what it means to inhabit a body. These images are from live model studies, studies of specimens from the biology lab, and my own findings of mutilated birds, in attempts to investigate what it means to inhabit my body and paint the bodies I hate most-- birds-bodies.
I've always hated birds. I found two birds badly decomposing and was fascinated. Even gleeful. This book addresses what it means to inhabit a body. These images are from live model studies, studies of specimens from a biology lab, and my own findings of mutilated birds, in attempts to investigate what it means to inhabit my body and paint the bodies I hate most-- birds-bodies.
These paintings ask viewers to consider what traces a body leaves behind. In collaboration with colleague Ali Mackie, we were drawn to the uncomfortable associations with blood and menstrual blood specifically. Displaying the two paintings in the men's and women's bathrooms forced viewers to wrestle with this uncomfortableness.
These paintings ask viewers to consider what traces a body leaves behind. In collaboration with colleague Ali Mackie, we were drawn to the uncomfortable associations with blood and menstrual blood specifically. Displaying the two paintings in the men's and women's bathrooms forced viewers to wrestle with this uncomfortableness.
These pieces highlight the frequent discarding and commodification of women's bodies. Pins secure the plastic labia, creating a sterile distance between the viewer and the objects.Text from reusable plastic bags are pinned beneath each vagina, undercutting this tension with humorous language like “designed for 125 uses.” Interrogating society’s misuse of women by drawing a parallel between our bodies and single-use plastics.
These pieces highlight the frequent discarding and commodification of women's bodies. Pins secure the plastic labia, creating a sterile distance between the viewer and the objects.Text from reusable plastic bags are pinned beneath each vagina, undercutting this tension with humorous language like “designed for 125 uses.” Interrogating society’s misuse of women by drawing a parallel between our bodies and single-use plastics.
