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They’ll dance thee and rock thee and sing thee to sleep
Wax
7 x 46 x 19cm
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A body made between death and life.
The wax sculpture represents the duality of a body being made eternal by its creation through a lifeless, non-biotic material and its tranciency by the chance of melting and deforming by outer influence, fading away like human life does over time or just abruptly.
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Symbiosis with ‘Erlkönig II’, 2024
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‘They’ll dance thee and rock thee and sing thee to sleep’ is an extension of the ‘Erlkönig’ series, where the marks of the arms shape a hug of protection and comfort, where comfort means welcoming death and consoling grief. The arm takes shape and becomes real but is only ever a cold segment of the living, a piece left behind.
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Exhibition view: Postgraduate Fine Art show, Camberwell College of Art, London
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