Sewing Flesh

I created this multi-canvas piece to emphasize vulnerability, experimentation, and identity exploration. This personal piece represents a new direction in my creative practice, as I am emphasizing conceptual artwork. I took many new risks: using multiple canvases, combining painting and sculpture, and incorporating oil paint. I used the string to tie together my different body parts to show my journey of pulling myself together, figuring out who I am. The string is messy and tangled, much like my current path and experience. I physically used a needle to stitch the string through the canvasses, and chose to leave the needle in the art, glued to the painted fingers. The needle represents how I am finding my identity through art, as I explore new mediums and compositions.