Study in Flesh and Refuse

Artist Statement:

In Study in Flesh and Refuse, I wanted to create a moment of reversal where the idealized male body, often placed on a pedestal, is instead positioned at the brink of obsolescence. Here, he stands naked before the bags wrapped suits, wrapped bodies, wrapped status and we must ask: is he above them, or simply next in line for the garbage heap? The plastic bags serve as both shroud and packaging. The businessmen outside the glass are unbothered; they’ve already accepted that value lies in polish, not in personhood. This is about how we treat strength, perfection, and men themselves as inventory, to be cycled through and tossed aside.

 

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