THE MOULTING
2003
Oil on canvas
126x90cm
Oil on canvas
126x90cm
A man. A faun. An absent woman.
The Moulting is a tale of gender crossing. Fierce love needs to possess the object of desire. The ultimate form of possession is transforming into this object. The supreme form of this transformation in love is gender crossing. The woman loved the man so passionately to moult her appearance and mutate into that of him.
As she reveals her new masculine body underneath her skin, a cry is uttered onto the floor in the form of a blood stained hanger. But while still in the process of transformation, s-he, has already become in their turn, the object of desire for someone else. A concupiscent faun is greedily looking at the wo-man. Which of the two sides, masculine or feminine, does it like more? Unknown.
The Moulting is a tale of gender crossing. Fierce love needs to possess the object of desire. The ultimate form of possession is transforming into this object. The supreme form of this transformation in love is gender crossing. The woman loved the man so passionately to moult her appearance and mutate into that of him.
As she reveals her new masculine body underneath her skin, a cry is uttered onto the floor in the form of a blood stained hanger. But while still in the process of transformation, s-he, has already become in their turn, the object of desire for someone else. A concupiscent faun is greedily looking at the wo-man. Which of the two sides, masculine or feminine, does it like more? Unknown.