Family Portrait

It's safe to say, the Family Portrait is coming to completion as it's been painted, sealed and waiting to get stuck on the nails for display.

This piece is definitely becoming one of my favourite sculptures out of the whole lot, not that I'm not appreciating the rest of my work, but because in a way I feel that this piece is quite a personal display of myself and my family. In a way we've made ourselves vulnerable, all our weak spots, prone to impact and intensity are displayed. I understand that logically, we cannot put our organs on display but in a sense that turns into a symbolic value of fragility. Organs are prone to disease, malfunction and shutdowns- meaning that it's our internal structure that is the most vulnerable, we should assemble our lives away from polluting our insides, not following the fads and fashions that unravel with the modern era, but in a way adapt to better our systems.

Spinoza said that when we see the right path, we instinctively turn away to follow the more sought out route which is populated by everyone else's opinions cultures and disciplines, this consequently reflects itself upon us. consequently bringing an intensity, if not more, into our bodies that technically, it didn't need. Human survival is actually a simple thing, our bodies need to eat, move, excrete and sleep, all natural functions that do not require a phone, manual, medication or man-mades. I believe my family portrait will reflect this. A family will function with very little and still unite by blood, the organs are treated with care, love and affection, yes, when a child grown you cannot control every latter of their life, but you've nurtured those organs and brought an intensity to them that only you will feel and be aware of.

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