"Loveless Lust/Lustless": "DIIV"
45 cm x 60 cm
2017
Mixed ( Paraffin Wax and Plaster)
At the first glance, this sculpture of mine narrates the story of little mermaid, the girl whom exchanged her voice for human legs, to be accepted and loved. The story itself is pretty much a metaphor of how females adapt themselves to the “man”-made expectation of society. Besides that, this work is extremely personal to me as it pictures a recurring dream of mine, about a relationship where I was emotionally abused. the word DIV translates to ghoul or demon, which is how I see him, and the act of diving is generally a metaphor of intimacy and being in love in my works.
