After thinking about why these nightgowns and my previous photos of plasters intrigue me, I've decided that perhaps I am more pre-occupied with the idea of the flesh than I have previously been willing to admit to. It is still not the sexual connotation, and not the flesh itself but the plasters and fabric as an imitation of flesh; almost a representation to immediately disguise the reality. They are a second skin for us to wear to cover up the truth of our physical bodies. It's like my drawing style; make it smoother, make it flow better, cover up the bruises and scars, and you can create an air-brushed world which is so enticing to live in. Maybe that is the importance of sensuality in my work, or at least the importance of these objects; its the abstract 'stuff' you see and sense in, them but also the idea that they are not the truth but mere hollow skins.
The meat too fits in with this, because it is like what's underneath the skin; this oozing, yearning 'meaty stuff' which is essentially what humans are. But in markets, in butchers its peeled back.
I think it would be a really interesting idea to do a video of me encountering and examining a piece of meat for the first time. Not just as a vegetarian examining a type of food i have no experience of, but as a person really looking at something that used to be alive, and exploring the form of something that i think to look at, is so sensual, and onomatopoeic (in a visual way).
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