Derek Berry
a_RESTROOM
2025
Intaglio print on Japanese tissue
12"x18"
."a_RESTROOM", is a work that exemplifies my difficulty with navigating public spaces and communal objects after developing obsessive compulsive disorder. The 'RESTROOM' sign is utilized ironically here as these facilities often cause myself the most intense and distressing intrusive thoughts around disease and contamination.
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Derek Berry
Printmaking and Publications
“Intrusive thoughts are the misaligned, abrupt and taboo mental absurdities that we all experience. These intrusions vary in frequency and intensity between each person that can lead to distress,...” [More]