in the slaughterhouse of love
‘in the slaughterhouse of love, they kill only the best…’ Rumi
Sharjah Art Museum 2012
Mixed media found objects under glass
As we move through life we pass through stages and experiences. Taking the text and the philosophy of Rum’s knowledge life starts and diminishes but at the very core of our existence is love in its deepest sense. Slaughterhouse and love oxymoronic concepts but here contradictions and opposites rule. Outward symbols of love and are used as a memento mori as we contemplate time passing and our own mortalityThe glass cover reminiscent of objects used in personal reliquaries. Under glass like museum objects isolated from touch and physical connection by their glass protection, the transparent bell jars reveal as they conceal.