Australian artist Fiona Roberts‘ work focuses on the challenges we face by inhabiting a body that is constantly changing, decaying and regenerating, as well as the fragility and limitations that are intrinsic to all living organisms.
Within this, she explores the dysfunctional relationship between the mind and body, and in particular, the mind’s discordant perception of the body, which includes concepts of dislocation, emotional projection, fluctuating perceptions, fears, phobias and paranoia.
Her art installation “Intimate vestiges” is focused on the house and the body, that are palimpsests of life events with their history inscribed into every surface.
The subjective nature of the home is explored through a variety of body textures that are obscured by pattern, repetition, and traditional ornamentation in household furnishings.
This blurs the boundaries between the home and body, making it difficult to determine where the house ends and where the person begins. The conventional items of the home that generally go unnoticed become the focus of our attention and quietly reveal their personal history.
Images courtesy of Fiona Roberts
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