This painting was created when the artist was in the phase of "destroying and recreating." It was originally one panel of a huge triptych but she decided to break it down into individual works. The original triptych was a "provocation" about the obsession with the female body and was titled around the idea of a female pig or sow that nurtures its many piglets.
The initial theme of "Andoid Pods" was about the female body, specifically motherhood and nurturing, which led to it having nipples emerging from the canvas. After the artist prepared the canvas, the shape evolved, and she thought of the movie Alien—the idea of the body being invaded by "Alien Pods." This new imagery, still surrounding the original idea, represented the feeling of being "sacrificed as the nurturer" or the mother. It took a significant amount of time sitting in her studio before she could transform the canvas into its current state.
This painting was created when the artist was in the phase of "destroying and recreating." It was originally one panel of a huge triptych but she decided to break it down into individual works. The original triptych was a "provocation" about the obsession with the female body and was titled around the idea of a female pig or sow that nurtures its many piglets.
The initial theme of "Andoid Pods" was about the female body, specifically motherhood and nurturing, which led to it having nipples emerging from the canvas. After the artist prepared the canvas, the shape evolved, and she thought of the movie Alien—the idea of the body being invaded by "Alien Pods." This new imagery, still surrounding the original idea, represented the feeling of being "sacrificed as the nurturer" or the mother. It took a significant amount of time sitting in her studio before she could transform the canvas into its current state.
