Lethe

Ceramic, Egyptian faience inlay, chalk pastel, 2020. 13” x 15.75” x 12.5”

Lethe plays with my own poor memory and the common place myth that goldfish have short memories. To reflect this neurological state the figures head is that of a fish, while the rest remains human. I’ve found that when you lack memories of nearly all aspects of life, it begins to eat away at your sense of identity. The surface as been carved out and replaced with Egyptian faience. Removing what the figure once was and replacing it with something new. The scaled figure exists in an odd in-between space, not a person, not a fish, she floats between the two. The title refers to the mythical river of forgetfulness. Giving context to where this creature resides; on the banks of a river that both houses, and robs her of memory.

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