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Sydney Lad

I'm sorry I killed you, but you were mine to destroy

Sculpture
2024
Latex, Foam, mixed media
2.5' x 4.5'
"Corporeal Transgressions" Sculpture

“"I’m sorry I killed you, but you were mine to destroy" is a grotesque realization of a pre-breast reduction experience. A humorous interpretation and love letter to my old boobs, I hold space for elective bodily change and transformation: I don’t regret the things I have done and the ways I have changed you; you were part of me and now you are not. So, I’m sorry that I killed you, but you were mine to destroy.

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Sydney Lad

Drawing and Painting

“Exploring the absurdity of limitation and the joy in play and possibility, I create works that reflect the transformative experiences of the human body. Focusing on metamorphic processes of birth,...” [More]