Jennifer Levatino

Hirsute Queen Flaxen

synthetic hair, swaledale sheep horn, cement plinth

34” x 6” x 6”

2022

Through the Keratin Series, I am creating my own species- that has evolved by paring down visual information to get to essential visual and symbolic connections between animal and human forms. My sculptures spawned from various influences including the theories and discovery associated with Symbiogenesis, the hairstyles donned by women represented through Roman portrait sculpture and the animal remains I have collected over a lifetime on various excursions through the Yorkshire Moors and across the bogs of Connemara. These surrealistic configurations elevate the common elements that bind us and the fact that we are all made of the same gore.

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