Katie Wagner
The Things We Mask
2014,
sandstone
400mm x 300mm
My installation work is related to the theme of mythology, and the relationship between physical human forms merging with animal features. The material I wanted to manipulate was sandstone. From this, I concentrated on ancient Greece and the mythological stories associated with the era. I took this concept, along with my material, and concentrated on the idea of snakes and how they were represented throughout mythological stories in ancient times. In ancient stories, the snake is represented as deceptive and cunning. Through this, I wanted to depict the lies and deception within ones inner-most self, and how we wear a mask to hide these negative thoughts. A further aim of this work is to unearth the more contemporary idea of the reptile as being charming and witty. In order to link these ideas, the sandstone was carved to represent the ancient stories, while the mask depicts the contemporary, allowing a symbolic link between the two. The concept of change is also important in this work, and in this way, the work explores the ever changing relationship of how of storytelling passed down through generation to generation.
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