SQUELCH, Collage, 2018

This triptych explores the representation of the female body in contemporary culture, and how this has been influenced by the concept of ‘the nude’ throughout art history. It intertwines Julia Kristeva's notion of the abject with the idea of self-branding: how we market our lives, emotions and bodies as perfect products on social media. By juxtaposing visceral imagery with the glossy visual language of advertising and print media I strive to question the idealised, airbrushed representation of femininity, the performative nature of gender, and its relationship to the act of consuming.