'The body is being rethought and reconsidered by artists and writers because it is being reconstructed and reconstituted by scientists and engineers' (The body, Photo Works of the Human Body, William A. Ewing)
The french poet Paul Valéry once said, 'The deepest thing in man is the skin'
Looking closely at the surface can at times tell a longer and deeper story than that of a blank canvas. People are not willing to open up and tell their story but one can gather a history by simply observing the scares, birth marks, wrinkles the imperfections that adorn the surface of the human body.
To have the consciousness to searching in the mirror for a wrinkle or blemish is in its self literal directness and honesty.
I have included a couple of images that are in my folio which to me represent the idea of imperfection/perfection in flesh. They are all vastly visually detached yet are all rooted in origin being that of the human form.
I have included a couple of images that are in my folio which to me represent the idea of imperfection/perfection in flesh. They are all vastly visually detached yet are all rooted in origin being that of the human form.
John Coplans
Robert Davies
ear 1 1992
Danielle Vidoni©
R A W flesh made from brush latex
R A W flesh made from brush latex
This was a cast made from the female form I made out of plaster cast earlier in the semester. In one of my earlier blog entries Peeling of the L A T E X you can actually see the process of peeling the latex 'flesh' from the mould.
Right now the latex reminds me of paper...
Perhaps in a different context its tactile fleshiness might be visually portrayed more accurately.
F L E S H The S U T U R E W O U N D
Danielle Vidoni©
These two images above highlight this image of surface scaring and imperfection, that are not always imperfections but rather areas of interest and beauty, they are integral features that often tell a story or reveal a secret. The top image is sourced from a medical website www.mediligence.com and the one beneath is a cropped close up of my moulded bra cup, they both have a visual closeness yet are so radically different. I didnt actually make the connection between my own bra cup and the suture wound on flesh till sometime after sewing the cup up.
A scar can be seen as an 'individuals geography' or as a 'map of the life, rather than as a disfigurement' (Caroline Evans in Fashion At The Edge)
Sean Ellis, Tissue: A Portfolio of Scars, The Face 1997
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