Second Skin
Steel, latex
100 x 60 x 60 cm
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About the Artwork
Second Skin examines the body as a site of control, transformation, and desire, shaped by pressures of self-idealisation and the social codes that enforce them. A sensuous yet synthetic latex form is stretched, pierced, and constrained within an unyielding steel frame. Its hourglass silhouette evokes tensions between submission and resistance, confronting the violence of internalised ideals. Alluding to historical mechanisms of bodily control used to discipline and eroticise, the work interrogates identity as constructed through fetishisation, self-surveillance, and self-design. The sculpture invites viewers to kneel and pull its tension cables, participating in its deformation and release.
Details
Medium: Steel, latex
Year: 2025
Size: 100 x 60 x 60 cm
Ready to Hang:
Chantelle Chong
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