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Headless, is a series of color photographs that work to stimulate unconscious emotions, desires, and sexual compulsions, all unified within a dynamic that vacillates between the real and the fantasized… |
Headless, is a series of color photographs that
work to stimulate unconscious emotions, desires, and sexual
compulsions, all unified within a dynamic that vacillates between the
real and the fantasized. I explore issues related to madness and
alienation as they exist in contemporary culture, concentrating on
expressions of neurosis, on feelings of anxiety, displacement, and loss
of identity. These emotions are depicted in terms of visual conflict
through my imagery, and manifested in terms of grotesque exaggeration.
While investigating issues related to the unconscious, elements such as
eroticism, twisted humor, and horror come across. I strive to create
dichotomies between the sensual and the horrific, the beautiful and the
destructive; the result, I hope, is a body of work comprised of deeply
emotional and disturbing depictions of the unknown, staged imagery that
functions on a metaphorical level, and inanimate objects and settings
serving to illustrate the inner workings of the unconscious.
