2024
The abject body expressed in paint
This body of work explores the abject body through the expression of painting, integrating Feminist and Queer theories with Julia Kristeva's concepts of the abject. Comprising three interconnected pieces—A Monstrous Engorging, A Monstrous Expression, and A Monstrous Transgression—the collection uses vibrant colours, varied visual textures, surfaces and innovative compositions to challenge conventional views of beauty and the body. These works engage viewers in a critical examination of the abject body, using colour, form, and composition to provoke thought and challenge perceptions of bodily identity.
'Forward together' MA Degree Show, 2024
A Monstrous Engorging, oil on a stretched canvas frame, 100 x 100cm, 2024
A Monstrous Engorging, close-up
A Monstrous Expression, oil on un-stretched canvas, 190 x 170cm, 2024
A Monstrous Expression, close-up
A Monstrous Transgression, oil on MDF panels, (57.5 x 26.5 cm) x5, 2024
A Monstrous Transgression, close-up
A Monstrous Expression, A Monstrous Transgression, 2024
A Monstrous Transgression, A Monstrous Expression and A Monstrous Engorging (right to left), 2024
Flesh
A body of work comprised of smaller experiments, a publication (Entanglement of Flesh) and one large painting (Flesh 99:32). This body of work is an extension of myself. Flesh 99:32 explores body from sight, touch, experience and relationships; celebrating the abject and grotesque that we are drawn to. Looking into habitation of a space between and matter out of place. The term ‘flesh’ has religious connotations and referencing morality, desire and vulnerability which encompasses its concept.
Flesh 99:32, Oil paint on board, 243.83 x 121.92cm
Gallery shot, Entanglement of Flesh and Flesh 99:32
Entanglement of Flesh (Publication), A1, print on Matt paper
Flesh 1:8, Oil paint on sculpted foam
Flesh 1:8 and Flesh 99:32
Red Flesh, Oil paint on YUPO, A3
Red Flesh Manipulated, Oil paint on YUPO, A3
Reverse of Red Flesh, Oil paint on YUPO, A3
Bulge on VISO, Manipulated, Oil paint on YUPO, displayed in the School of Art Foyer
Bulge on YUPO, Manipulated, Oil paint on YUPO
Bulge on Metal, Oil paint on metal
Bulge on Wood, Oil paint on wood, displayed in the School of Art Foyer
Bulge on wood, Oil paint on wood
Bulge on YUPO and Bulge on wood
Bulges in a horizontal line, Canvas, YUPO, Wood and Metal, Oil on material
Bulges in a vertical line, Metal, Wood, Canvas and YUPO, Oil paint on material
Bulges from Bulges, line configuration, Oil paint on Canvas, wood, metal and YUPO
Preposterous Flesh, Mock-up 1
Preposterous Flesh, Mock-up 2