Grey Cape Sculpture

Sculpture: Fiberglass, Resin, Textile on Other. Red Cape is a part of my diploma work named Once Upon a Time. In this project, I focused on reinterpreting gender roles and stereotypes using children’s literary sources, and playfully reflected negative social conventions with my distinctive sculptural voice. I created a cape that is actually empty, missing the body, leaving space for viewers ideas about what exactly should be under the cape. I was inspired by Carl Gustav Jung´s texts about archetypes. Feathers, birds, airplanes and all that refers to flying or height are part of this complex of symbols which emphasizes the upper heavenly realms. In addition, all imagery involving light or illumination pertains to the masculine principle as opposed to the dark earthiness of the great mother. Because of that I chose to use feathers as a part of my sculpture, representing masculinity. I used epoxy resin, fiberglass, textile.