Artwork

The tranquil state of mind overlapping subconcious and reality is an idea Picasso explores in Le Reve. I look at this idea in my work by combining the shape of the female body with ejaculate, blending fantasy with reality. However, our approaches are slightly different, as he has actually experienced sexual interourse with his partner, while my lack of experience contributes to a more idealized and less complex version of sexual activity. For this reason I focus on the mind of the male fantasizer, and how it experiences change after ejaculation. I used flow and shape to convey movement of the mind and body, with the tubes of a french horn conveying the motion of blood circulation and synapses in the mind. In my experience the act of releasing sexual desire gives that effect of catalyzing movement in the body.

 

Cai’s use of allegory to represent male gentalia was very inspiring for me. In my own art, I used allegories to construct physical body structures (genitalia, synapses and a hand). While the outward explosive movement involved in his mushrooms compliments the represented subject, I attempted to use texture as a way to contruct my allegories. In Melting Porcelain on a Windowsill, I further experimented with using certain colors to represent the  relationship between two worlds, the unconcious mind taking in the simplified version of reality through the lens of virtual media. The background resembles the screen saver of a Windows computer, the input for my desire-related thoughts.