Picking: 2019-Present
Picking, referencing "skin-picking," is a series of works in which I have isolated a number of skin “flaws” that are targeted in skincare rituals. The dissections of the face into single zones is intended to highlight the de-familiarizing nature of scrutinizing oneself in a magnifying mirror. I am rendering the natural surface of my face as a geography of this self-evaluative space of beauty and flaws. Such flaws include various pimples, whiteheads, a blister, blackheads, and even a stye (a pimple that occurs on the eyelid.)
The Picking series highlights an element that has always been unconsciously present in my work: catharsis. Where my past pieces in the Mask and Peel series played with concealing and revealing, this series emphasizes bringing matters to the surface, and expelling them.
The Picking series highlights an element that has always been unconsciously present in my work: catharsis. Where my past pieces in the Mask and Peel series played with concealing and revealing, this series emphasizes bringing matters to the surface, and expelling them.
