11"x11"x7" (Playing Cards, Mod Podge, Styrofoam Human Head)
“Pain is greedy, boorish, meanly debilitating… It is cruel and calamitous and often constant, and, as its Latin root poena implies, it is the corporeal punishment each of us ultimately suffers for being alive.” In a number of specialized pain- control centers around the country, it’s understood that pain is as much an emotional and psychological affliction as a physical one.”
"Wallpaper Appropriate for the Brain" was created by first carving a skull from the human head mold and wetting, ripping, and gluing playing cards on top. Playing cards are said to symbolize the seasons, the elements, and the stages of life, which all play roles in our growth and development everyday, but also plaster our memories. These memories may be torn away or momentarily forgotten, but work to shape us whether we are aware of them or not. A skull was carved rather than started with to symbolize the painful processes of developing these memories.
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