Urns for the Ashes of my Lost Lovers (Part 1)
It is forbidden to keep all my lovers, so I harbour my feelings in containers adorned with my memories of them.
My lust is carved in clay, and vitrified and shattered.
My adoration is lost in a shipwreck in a hull lined with amphorae of it.
My love is consolidated, incinerated and divided among urns kept in a crypt so veiled that even I have forgotten its location.
The Triad: The Mirror, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
267 x 182 cm
The Triad: The Inversion, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
267 x 182 cm
The Triad: The Absolution, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
267 x 182 cm
Still life with disas and the urn for the frolicking hunters, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
187 x 167 cm
This first iteration of Urns for the Ashes of my Lost Lovers comprises of a series of story boards, created in both carved ceramic and yarn-tufted tapestries, depicting intimate moments between dreamt-up characters. In these works the characters act out real life moments with fictitious outcomes, and vice versa. In most cases the characters are male, addressing masculinity as being in a constant tug-of-war with itself.
The bodies are portrayed as primal and highly sexualised. They are elongated and fluid, and constantly contorted to fit into the frames they are depicted in. Moments depicted are those of intense chemistry, be it positive or negative, with emotional residues left behind.
Sketch for a triad. Panel 1: The Mirror, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
70 x 50 cm
Sketch for a triad. Panel 2: The Inversion, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
70 x 50 cm
Sketch for a triad. Panel 3: The Absolution, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
70 x 50 cm
The Confrontation, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
70 x 55cm
He left me for dead, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
239 x 183 cm
Edge and Swallow, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
142 x 186cm
The Embrace, 2021
Acrylic yarn on polyester
79 x 144cm