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Bone Work
I am in love with bones. There is a perpetual repetition in the body, as there is repetition in the unconscious, in the trauma, in recovery. The bones mediate spaces between worlds/between birth and death, the living and the dead, the material and the spiritual, you and me. These are spaces of celebration, spaces of despair.
City of Women, 2017
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Bone Trance I, 2016
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Worn III & Worn IV, 2018
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Worn III & Worn IV, 2018
Bone Trance II, 2016
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Bone Trance VII, 2016
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It's My Heart, 2016
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Bone Trance X, 2016
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Bone Trance XI, 2016
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Bone Trance XIII (Mama Said), 2016
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Bone with White Pearl, 2016
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Prayer, 2016
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Bone Trance XIV, 2016
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Cross II, 2019
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Cross II, 2019
Love Letter to the Bride (of Frankenstein), 2019
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