Yearning to Breathe
2023. Free-hand sculpted glass body parts, acrylic, fabric, stuffed animal, mixed media, water. 185cm H x 250cm W x 550cm D.
Photo: Nathan J. Shaulis
Yearning to Breathe is modeled after The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Casper David Friedrich, though takes the child-like form of a fellow expat. She looks out over a flowing stream made of disneyfied rubble with elements of life peeking through all throughout. It flows into a sewer grate, a symbol of death, with a patch of grass growing from it, signifying rebirth. She holds a ragged teddy bear, signifying nostalgia. There is a paper boat, covered in crayon writing, held in place by a chain linked to the wrist of the teddy bear signifying nostalgia holding us back.