Original artwork description:

From the time of my studies until today, what I most needed to reflect on was the dream experience. The border between sleep and wakefulness, repetitive dreams and space in dreams, are some of the elements that fascinate me and that I focus on. It seems that very often those images that emerge from the subconscious, have a common axis which is the oppression of female sexuality. These images, the meaning of which was hidden in the beginning and by myself, through the process of psychoanalysis were interpreted and took their place as personal symbols in my visual vocabulary. For example, after 15 years of painting sharks, during a session I was surprised to realize that the shark is my father, the "law", the ethic of patriarchy, the one that forbids the expression of sexual desire. On the other hand, the cherries are for similar reasons for me the erotic desire itself, the life that is poured out and experienced through love. This pair of images is captured in my works in some variations.
In this particular project I embroider and think about my panic when I am naked. I am exposed to an indefinable danger, I am in danger, I feel my body disintegrating, it stops moving smoothly. This nudity can end up not only in the body, but also in the look. The feeling that I am exposed to danger when my face shows erotic desire. A mask might help to hide the look, or to reveal the desire without showing the fear. I am embroidering and laughing with the shark that comes to inspect if I allowed the cherries to be seen. I laugh, I make fun of myself, because I know that I became a shark without wanting to. And I control myself.

Materials used:

embroidery

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