In thine own image - 2010

Twelve hand stiched moulded leather bags in installation with shattered mirror

The ultimate accessory. Conceptualizing the plight of the modern child, made object of desire through the overt sexualization and exploitation of consumerism. Carried around for public appearances. Seen but not heard. Hung up on the wall to admire, to desire.

Go forth and populate, create, replicate in thine own image.  Which bag would you choose? Does it suit you? How does it look? Feel? Is there a sense of obligation, completion, definition of success, or desire for the unconditional? Do you see the child within? Or is it no longer tangible, trapped in its objectification and layers of projected desire.

You are asked to go through the fractured cracks of your inherently flawed constructed self, beyond your projected illusion, and really see… find truth in the desperate clarity of the complete disillusion of your surface. Hear the silent scream.