Vanishing Wings: Life and Mortality in Aqua Art scarf

Vanishing Wings: Life and Mortality in Aqua Art scarfThe Butterfly, or Swarm, series explores themes of transformation, fragility, and mortality through the symbolic and physical presence of butterflies suspended within water. Across cultures and histories, the butterfly has carried layered meanings regeneration, freedom, spirituality, and death most notably within Greek thought, where it is closely associated with the soul. These works engage with that symbolic lineage while grounding it in direct

all the while inflicting Ecocide on society as a whole much like the smoking lobbyists of the 1950´s

Dated 1988

This is a photographic print of the original sculpture 'Carbon black Jesus with wings'

Exhibition 'Tokyo Taxi' 2011

Kakinoki Taxi

Okyo King Taxi

this piece is a tactile

leaving only trace

direct 8 x 10 inch darkroom Fuji DuraTrans of original film plate

Water functions as both medium and meaning within the series

dated 2009

download the PDF Catalogue for the series here