IT’S NO LONGER ABOUT YOU, I NO LONGER REMEMBER YOUR VOICE.
This work is about my first relationship at 18 years old. It has forever changed how I view myself and sexuality. This work is a visual dive into my ever-changing perception of myself, my body and the past. I believe this event is a memory that has haunted me for years, and I aim to capture its essence in this work.
Inspired by this ghost, my work focuses visually on the body and textures, which imitate the physicality of sex. Using this imagery, my work plays with the motifs of skewed memories, the performative nature of sexual desire and my discomfort in sexual vulnerability. I make references to female iconography, who I believe hold a lot of power in my sexual development; The Virgin Mary, an image of purity, and The Birth of Venus, an image of the goddess of beauty and love.
Throughout this series, I have recurring images of body modification in the forms of piercings and tattoos. I was drawn to the concept of permanently altering one’s body, much like what I believe happened to me.
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