The Spice Cabinet

This work is inspired by Venus de Milo with Drawers by Salvador Dalí and La Femme Commode by Nicola L..

Like those works, it treats the body as something that can be opened. A female torso is printed onto the cabinet, with drawers positioned where the breasts would be. The drawers suggest two things at once: the body as a fetishised object — fragmented, handled, consumed, inviting touch and opening — and the body as a container of hidden inner life, our subconscious.