Maria, a piece, of tender meat
2024
21x29cm
A lamb chop dressed in blue, wending it’s way between trees on a meadow with yellow flowers.
This piece was conceived on the occasion of “Salon De La Muse”, an exhibition at Aaimachine, Lieven Segers studio. Contributors where prompted with: “what does your muse look like and can you translate this to an A4-format?”
Never having thought of muses my mind drifted to iconic muses and how they have always been female, youthfull, squeeky clean and immortalized. I saw the opportunity to make a piece that would wither in time, fester, rot and stench and hoped it would be beautiful. I made a semblance of mary out a lamb chop and floorcloth. The religious symbolics of the lamb and the sexist assumption of cleaning utensils made an image exceeding my expectations.
On display at Aaimachine.
After the exhibit.
The drawing that was presented to the butcher.