Horns

My work is autobiographical and this body of work centres around revisiting and exploring a childhood memory of when I believed for men to be normal they needed to have at least 2 penises. As a child I remember adult male and female genitalia being an everlasting fascination wondering why were they so different from my own child’s body?

The penis is the deemed by many as the ultimate symbol of manhood, although as a child I didn’t know this. The obsession with the male sex organ has been present since the dawn of humanity and it is equally explored in art. From teeny-tiny ones in ancient Greek sculptures to some naughty representations of the virile member in contemporary art but I have never seen any explored in the way I drew them as a child.

Drawing the human form was for me as a child a way to play, explore and understand. As an adult, this memory is the most revelatory, both revealing and concealing, veiling and unveiling. In creating these works I am seeking to revisit my childhood narratives, allowing multiple interpretations to a viewer.