Last week i was fortunate to work with Julia Burns - a great, young and dedicated artist - on photographing her latest art installation at Gaffa Gallery.
The Death of Hermine is a sculpture installation of a woman made out of soap, dressed in her best, sitting in a chair, looking at a window, while warm water from an overhanging container continuously drips on her, distorting her features and melting her head away.
What I understood from Julia is that the artwork depicts a state in which a lot of women experience in modern society, where a woman is so psychologically trapped in her own fears and insecurities, especially concerning her appearance and age, that she would metaphorically speaking, sit-frozen and hide her true self away, slowly being worn out by her own fears, and too scared to break free from her detrimental state in her own mind.
I really loved the concept, and was very impressed with Julia and her gift in being able to conceptualise modern issues in her great quality art.
thoughts and pics posted by photographer tawfik elgazzar
