Body Spill

Double Sided Acrylic Paintings woven and mounted on a wire frame
58 x 38
2024

This piece is an exploration of the memory, complexity, and pain that comes with being in a body as a white, trans, chronically ill person. It is constructed from double sided paintings cut into strips affixed to a wire and paper base. Each painting represents a distinct memory, emotion, or sensation of my experience being in a body that has been transmuted through the making process. The paintings are cut apart to in a cathartic act of reckoning and liberation. They are then woven together into a more complex and integrated form, creating new layers of meaning. This piece is a living tome of processing the grief of the uncontrollable nature of the body. It is an invitation to transmute the pain of embodiment into freedom and opportunities for connection.