Tamara Kostianovsky
The Persistence of AgonyThe Persistence of Agony (detail)The Persistence of Agony (detail)The Persistence of AgonyThe Persistence of AgonyCarroñaCarroña (detail)VenusInstallation ViewCrime SceneInstallation viewWhat it Once WasIntertwinedSiblingsBound MaliceMap of TruthAbacusAbacusAbnegationAbnegation (side view)One and a HalfInstallation ViewActus Reus-video
Actus Reus
For the creation of these works I cannibalized my clothes: I used fabrics and textures to conjure flesh, bone gristle and slabs of fat in life-size sculptures of livestock carcasses. My intention is to confront the viewers with the real and grotesque nature of violence, offering a context for reflecting about the vulnerability of our physical existences, brutality, poverty, consumption, and the voracious needs of the body.
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