'Loop my Loop', Helen Chadwick, 1991

 

Thinking about taxidermy pieces reminded me of Helen Chadwick 'Loop my Loop'. I really want to encompass the same quality of paradox, viscerality and transgression in my wishbone/ clitoris piece.

"Here, Chadwick disrupts our expectations; the most ornate image associated with beauty is made repellent through its juxtaposition with something also natural, but out of context, visceral and grotesque. Hair, a fetishised form of femininity as well as a form of 'memento mori', was often incorporated in Victorian jewellery to commemorate a loved one. In this light box, Chadwick links hair with the physical remains of death, a poignant reminder of death and loss."