"Femme Fatale I" (Femme Fatale series), charcoal drawing
on paper, 23.3 cm x 55.5 cm
Collection of The Arch Hotel, London
Black netting and lace exposes
flesh whilst
also presenting a decorative
yet impenetrable
barrier. This type of fabric
is sheer and
fine and like a spider's web
belies its structure
and strength. The fabric utilises
flamboyant
decorous forms that mimic nature
- artificial
devices to visually seduce and
attract the
'prey'.
There is a similarity with tattoos
used as
a sexual lure. The drawings focus
on close-ups,
or details, which shows the decorous
and
luxurious fabric at an uncomfortable
proximity...the
idea that the closer you look
at something
that is alluring the more it
seems to convey
the opposite.
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