It can be soft

Can art be both disturbing, and attractive?
It is possible to construct, with beautiful materials, pieces that repulse or feel aggressive, and yet they’re still precious. In this body of work I achieve this by highlighting contrasts: if beauty can be smooth, easy, then its counterpart would be painful, complex, and very detailed. This then is “Uglify”.

A piece that reminds an inside out geode, or a life form with spikes and spines. Full of detail and color, the piece, that is still, has some life of its own.
Expanding foam, acrylic paint, jewelry beads, head pins, black sharpie.