‘For St. Sebastian, Who Should Have Been Happier’ 2012, Coated Galvanised Iron Wire, Pallet Wood.

This is mainly in response to previous depictions of St Sebastian, most of which have their hands hidden, such as those by Il Sodoma, Botticelli and Mantegna, with the exception of Egon Schiele and a few other classical depictions. St Sebastian was adopted by the queer community as a figure of visibility, of dying for a cause, and therefore a theme I personally wanted to explore as a queer woman. I wanted to make such powerful deciphers of emotion, the hands, a visible, tangible object. This explanation is brought to you by exhaustion, apologies.

(Without being a whiny bitch, if you have reblogged this, thank you, but I REALLY appreciate that you don’t take the credits off, removes the context of the piece and that it’s by me. Number One Tumblr Hate is removing credit from images.)

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