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Intimacy Studies

The Intimacy Studies are a series of paintings exploring the cavities and fraught emotions associated with love, attachment, intimacy, desire, and loneliness using surreal imagery.
 

Each painting is associated with a series of evocative words to help guide the viewer's interpretation. Björk's music is a major influence on this painting series, and as such, each painting is paired with a corresponding Björk song. It is recommended to listen to the song while viewing each painting.

Words that describe The Intimacy Studies are:

ABJECT HORROR
SURREAL
EROTIC
INTIMATE
GLOSSY
INCANDESCENT
VISCERAL
QUEER
NEON RED
HOT PINK
DEEP VIOLET
TRUE LOVE
DYSFUNCTIONAL ATTACHMENT STYLES
AUTHENTICITY
PSYCHEDELIC
REORIENTATION TOWARDS THE SELF
INTERDEPENDENCE
TENDER
SATURN RETURNS

 

​AUTONOMY, MANIPULATION, YEARNING, RAW EMOTION,

THE DEATH DRIVE, WANDERLUST, GREED, SOULMATES

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MYCELIUM, BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, MUTATION, TRANSITION, DECOMPOSITION, RADIATION, REINCARNATION, SCAR TISSUE

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VOLCANIC, HUNGER, ELASTICITY, SELF-HARM, PEELING BACK THE LAYERS, EMBODIED, FAT, PAIN

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YONIC, INFINITY, MIXTAPES, FISTING, SINGULARITY

ASYMMETRY, THE EVENT HORIZON, SUCKED... INTO... A BAGEL

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ADOLESCENCE, ABSENT FATHERS, CATASTROPHIZING, ANGER, FLASH FIRE, BURNING BUILDINGS, FEAR OF ABANDONMENT, SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

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HEAVENLY BODIES, COMETS, CYCLES OF REBIRTH, INCANDESCENT, UNCONTROLLED RE-ENTRY, RADIANCE, ESCAPE VELOCITY.

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