Ann Rowles – Statement

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My work investigates the human body as it intersects with culture, history, and psyche. I am especially interested in fat, aging, and otherwise culturally despised bodies. The material substance of the body intrigues me: skin, flesh and bones, systems and processes, organs and vessels. I am both attracted and repulsed by the desire to re-form the body through the self-inflicted bodily trauma of surgical intervention. These pieces reflect that internal contradiction.