Fetish Doll (Sepia)

This work forms part of the series Hybrid Identities. (2008) and was part of his Graduate exhibition at Rhodes University. According to the artist, "‘Hybrid’ derives from the Greek hybris, meaning violence and excess. A combination of parts, a new subject and identity emerges. Use of human body as a site for contesting history and identity and deconstructing memory. Masks become a means to change identity, disguise it, and form a new enigmatic entity, outside of the commonplace conduct of ordinary men. A human/animal boundary represents a dichotomy between the civilized self and the instinctive, untamed self. Fractured, fragmented and disembodied components emphasize the displacement and disconnectedness from a cultural history. An exploration of myths of homogeneity by conceiving personal and fantastical mythologies"(De Wet, 2019).