What is Hidden, Remains

What is Hidden, Remains I

As work from The Handled & The Laboured was delivered back to my studio — wrapped in bubble wrap — I was taken by the image of the body, shedding its clothes behind the translucent plastic. This image of the shedding body — a representation of a multitude of labours, performed under the banners of social class, family, masculinity, and sexuality — now cushioned by a protective layer. A cascading sheet of circles, droplets of air, covering the body like magnified flecks of skin. The location of labour shifting again, from the artist to the work to those that package, carry and handle; those who handle the handled.

The process of producing these new pieces is also layered . A photograph taken in a bedroom, displayed on a studio monitor wrapped in plastic, photographed again, printed and finally framed. The labour of images. Layers of visibility, obfuscation, glinting pixels fractured by pockets of air and committed to ink. What is hidden, also remains.

What is Hidden, Remains I and II
Archival inkjet prints
60cm x 40cm

What is Hidden, Remains II