Collapse

The figure is anatomically distorted. The weight of the lower body pulls downward. The torso folds in on itself. The colors are minimal. There is no unity in the gesture.

The elements do not speak to each other. They coexist without coherence - just like the psychic state after the collapse.

The work refers directly to psychoanalytic theory: particularly to Jacqueline Schaeffer’s model of post-menopausal subjectivation. She proposes that the end of reproductive function, and the withdrawal of the gaze of the Other, can create the conditions for a new feminine position - but only if the old structure is first dismantled.