This artwork was made in relation to birth, I worked quickly, as the model was in their last trimester. The plaster started to crack at the top of the breast; so I chose to paint it with latex, which created a skin look. The indexical traces of the breast and belly button gave this a realness or authenticity. The definition of the indexical relates to a sense of being for the visual arts, to be able to create an archetype made the art exciting, capturing this moment in time as the baby will be born and the belly no more. Krauss, a psychologist, quotes that we identify the correspondence between the “physical transposition of an object from the continuum of reality into the fixed condition of the art image” (997-998). The art process of this work using materials such as clay or plaster gives a more live artwork.
