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Constructed Monsters
I frequently explore the public and private spheres of masculinity. I’ve spent some time examining the concepts of masculinity, manhood, and codes of conduct through the lives of men. Often, I make use of the rooster as a metaphor and symbol for manhood, valor, machismo, and patriarchy. As I interpret this beautiful, regal (albeit common) creature, it aims to convince an opponent of its wisdom and prescience. Yet it is a fierce animal, possessing the primal instinct to fight until its enemy is dispatched. Similarly, some men embody this quality, this sense of cunning, this unique nature, making them ideal subjects of inquiry. At this stage, I’ve come across no definitive answers and seek only to record to interpret a lifetime of observation.
In this series, I step further into the animal side to depict the man who resists change. This man may respond with anger, frustration, indignity, and or confusion. Such a man will ask, where are you safe from judgment? But, like grains of sand falling through tightly placed stones, these men, too, will push through to make room for themselves. Constructed Monsters straddle the line between right and wrong.