The Clothespin Mandala comment on human body modification, specifically in the form of attaching clothespins to one's body. These circular pencil drawings with actual wooden clothespins secured to their periphery muse on the contemporary penchant for hanging, piercing and tattooing the body. They raise questions of identity, sexuality and gender, and investigate the connection between pain and pleasure.
Clothespin Mandala XIII, 1998
pencils, acrylic, clothespins on canvas and foam core,
24 inches (diameter)
Clothespin Mandala Male Cluster, 1998
pencils, acrylic, clothespins on canvas and foam core,
72 inches x 72 inches