Mediacy 2006

Mediacy — Celia de Villiers
Mediacy — Glass & acupuncture needles · 500 × 320 × 120 mm

Exhibited in LiveWire (2006)

The glass torsos evoke the frailty and changeability of the body.Celia de Villiers

From the 2006 solo exhibition LiveWire. The glass torsos, in material and iconography, evoke the frailty and changeability of the body — one might recall the fetishistic images of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian.

The acupuncture needles carry the curative properties popularly attributed to copper, silver and gold; salt, an antiseptic that heals piercings and scars, is an obviously liminal material in itself.

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