Barrier I, II, III & IV
2019
welded razor wire, resin on torn fabric remnants
189 cm × 125 cm × 3 cm
Small Barrier I & II
2019
welded razor wire, resin on torn fabric remnants
approximately 70 cm x 70 cm
The razor-wire sculptures form a symbolic representation of both the ingenuity and cruelty of the modern age. Understood as one of its most brutal inventions, razor wire has directly shaped the ways land is divided and bodies are controlled. Originally created to restrict the movement of cattle, razor wire later became one of the most effective and economical means of restricting human movement, from the westward expansion of the United States to the battlefields of World War I and beyond. Today, concertina wire and barbed wire are ubiquitous in border control systems around the world.
In this series of works, reliefs and woven forms are created using combinations of concertina wire and barbed wire, together with textiles and fabrics dipped in resin. The resulting pieces show fragments of clothing and fabric trapped and tangled within the wires, mimicking a common phenomenon found at borders, where personal belongings and material traces become caught within systems of control.
