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
MYCELIUM, BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, MUTATION, TRANSITION, DECOMPOSITION, RADIATION, REINCARNATION, SCAR TISSUE
VOLCANIC, HUNGER, ELASTICITY, SELF-HARM, PEELING BACK THE LAYERS, EMBODIED, FAT, PAIN
YONIC, INFINITY, MIXTAPES, FISTING, SINGULARITY
ASYMMETRY, THE EVENT HORIZON, SUCKED... INTO... A BAGEL
ADOLESCENCE, ABSENT FATHERS, CATASTROPHIZING, ANGER, FLASH FIRE, BURNING BUILDINGS, FEAR OF ABANDONMENT, SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
HEAVENLY BODIES, COMETS, CYCLES OF REBIRTH, INCANDESCENT, UNCONTROLLED RE-ENTRY, RADIANCE, ESCAPE VELOCITY.
BILATERAL SYMMETRY, SEXUAL DIMORPHISM, THE SACRAL CHAKRA, PSOAS RELEASE, SEXUAL SELECTION, MUTUALISM, CHRONIC PAIN.