FILL ME UP
FILL ME UP, 2003, New York, NY, Flax cast paper and mixed media encaustic sculpture, 3 pieces.
Three sizes:
12.5″ × 13″ × 6.5″ (31.75 cm × 33.02 cm × 16.51 cm)
12″ × 6″ × 11″ (30.48 cm × 15.24 cm × 27.94 cm)
8″ × 3.5″ × 7″ (20.32 cm × 8.89 cm × 17.78 cm)
Fill Me Up is a mixed-media installation work that reflects upon issues of gender and sexuality in the context of a consumer society. It considers women’s bodies; specifically their functionality in the world, their definition as functional objects, and as objects of fertility. The work consists of a set of handmade bowls, filled with abaca casts of my nipples. The casts fill the containers like grain or coins. They are a product that can be re-produced, counted and parceled. They can be arranged or displayed differently according to the each individual’s imagination. Each piece is individual and unique yet multiple and replaceable; they evoke women’s bodies as commodity and as a currency of desire.