becky@mair.freeisp.co.uk

The male torso is used traditionally to represent the anatomically correct body. My traditional representation is without personality. By casting it in soap, do I remove its masculinity, its sexuality? The perfectly toned muscular body, strong, but devoid of his power his potency, yet has presence and aura. Is this visual demonstration of control easy to understand, or is it ‘Wishful Thinking’.

I have experimented with a performance using a real horse and people to test out a metaphor for masculinity and power, to attempt to demonstrate a control of power over the male form by both riding the horse, and placing men in positions of vulnerability upon my stallion, and then instructing them to control the animal. This also questions the boundaries between what is and what is not art.