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A near-hairless figure sleeps in a cocoon-like bed on a rudimentary wooden bed-frame. A curtain of plants grow behind him, and beyond them an almost clear blue sky. Beneath the bed lies a stony soil that appears to be in cross-section, supporting apparently nothing apart from the row of tall plants (weeds?) behind. This image is based on the infantile nature of sleep - secure, enveloped, unconscious. The curtain of plants appears to be both a protective screen from the world beyond, and like the bars of a gaol, imprisoning the sleeper, who lies unaware of this paradox. The picture is a meditation on the internal conflicting desires for both security and freedom - where security, once found, can feel like a prison.
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2022
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8 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
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Michael Hayter
United Kingdom
"Although I state that much of my work stems from the imagery thrown up by depression, I would say that it is also the imagery of unconscious connection.Indeed the two are irrevocably entwined. It is no accident that the appearance of animal symbols and the use of bodily products such as hair, urine and blood is also influenced by my former work as a veterinary surgeon. Some time spent in psychoanalysis has helped me to illuminate these connections to find a personal mythology, which I believe connects to a universal meaning of what it is to be human. The `otherness` of animals, their power, vulnerability, unselfconsciousness and instinctual drives, and their relationship with us, are potent symbols of qualities we also have - qualities which we struggle with in our attempts to remain in control of ourselves and our society. It is where these tensions meet that my work is situated." Studio: Sculpture Shed, Spike Island, 133, Cumberland Road, Bristol, BS1 6UX. Tel: (0117) 929 2266; Email:
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