Fragments of Demeter/Recalling Poseidon
Δημήτηρ/Ποσειδῶν (Demeter/Poseidon)
In Greek mythology Demeter was the goddess of grain and fertility, her name translating as
distribution mother or
mother-earth. Poseidon, whose name signifies
consort of the distributer, pursued Demeter only to have his advances spurned by the goddess. In an attempt to divert his attention from her, Demeter disguised her divinity by transforming herself into a mare and roamed among the horses of King Onkios. Poseidon was not fooled and, by turning himself into a stallion, he raped her.
The supernatural influence of mythology allows cultures to make sense of nature and humanity and that which does not always make sense. Fragments of Demeter explores the reality of a complex and personal history in which recollections of the same event are characterised and fractioned, and space is peppered with ambiguity, chaos and control. Methods of control and disorder bridge the gap between personal and public reality, quietly revealing things that go unsaid.
Installation view
Untitled (2009) - Watercolour and ink on paper
Untitled (2009) - Felt tip pen on tissue
A Photograph of My Hand Reflected in a Photograph of My Parents at a Wedding One Month Before Their Own Marriage (2009) - Photograph
An Upside Down, Highly Inaccurate Representation of the Earth, Minus Greenland (2009) - Watercolour and pencil on tissue
Untitled (Rockette) (2008) - Water colour on paper
Who Am I? What Do I Do? (2009) - Unfired clay and watercolour
Who Am I? What Do I Do? (2009) - Unfired clay & watercolour, tissue soaked in every watercolour mixed on my palette
Who Am I? What Do I Do? (2009) - Plastic bottle, gold paint, tissue, ink
Who Am I? What Do I Do? (Cheryl) (2009) - Papier maché made from every picture I could find in my Mum's magazines of Cheryl Cole, acrylic paint, ink, charcoal
Who Am I? What Do I Do? (2009) - Unfired clay, watercolour, wire 
Saddle, horse hair, ribbon, steel plinth, birch plywood, mirror - Dimensions Variable
Photograph on MDF - 200 x 220 mm
Horse hair, mouse bones, snaffle bit - Dimensions variable
Photograph matt laminated on MDF - 1220 x 610 mm
