Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Mary Claire Page

Raw

This assemblage focuses on the relationship between internal body processes and physical and psychological discomfort.

“Raw" is a reimagination of the body as a whole. Old bedsheets were draped over pieces of cardboard and covered in acrylic medium to freeze them in place. There is a tension between the folds in the sheets that are typically used to wrap and hold the body compared to the sore-like shapes that cover them. The pieces are detachable and can be rearranged in a variety of ways to form different shapes as a reference to the fluidity and transformable nature of the body.”