Antonio Obá
Lepisma, 2023
watercolor and golden chinese ink
29.7 x 21 cm
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in
I then transition to the image of Lepisma (vulgarly, clothes moth) to create the relation of a being who devours the threads of a fabric to live, by the means...
I then transition to the image of Lepisma (vulgarly, clothes moth) to create the relation of a being who devours the threads of a fabric to live, by the means of this edacious act. It may be said about a self-acknowledgement aspect of the feminine that, by finding the thread of a given fabric, unravels the weave intending to reveal her own persona, represented by the unstitching that evinces the shape of a vulva.