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Flesh of a Female: The Installation


2024

This installation features Gerrard’s large-scale sculpture DELICATE-SSEN along with fabric meat pieces made from scrap material sourced from charity shops. Central to this installation is Gerrard’s short film Flesh of a Female  displayed on a 14” JVC monitor.

Film duration: 5 minutes 45 seconds (looped continuously for 60 minutes)

This work was exhibited as part of Mass Interia , the KSA BA (Hons) Fine Art 2024 undergraduate degree show (9th - 14th June , 2024).


DELICATE-ssen suspended with fishing line in installation. Finger-knitted yarn trails hang in the window (to the left of the room) and on the wall (to the right of the room) Installation space is covered in plastic dust sheets and lit by LED light strips situated on the perimeter of the floor. Finger-Knitted yarn trails hung (with butchers hooks) in the window of the space along with painted polyfilled fabric pieces and embellished textile sausages. 14" JVC monitor playing 'FOAF' sits on a metal table in the space, an array of objects and bugs are situated on the lower shelf of the table. Close up of the objects on the lower shelf of the metal table. The objects include a exploded jug, a jar of the artist's own hair, finger cutlery (from MBOS), latex sheets embedded in deteriorating fabric, and various fake bugs scattered around the items. Latex rabbit mask, white boiler suit, and white balaclava hang on the wall.
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