Many confuse it with vanity, 2021

Garment rack rail tubes, epoxy resin, aluminum.

158 x 80 x 15 cm

A work inspired by ‘The Phenomenology of Shame, Guilt and the Body’ (2003) essay by German psychiatrist and philosopher Dr. Thomas Fuchs on the distorted self projection in the mirror caused by body dysmorphic disorder.

By stacking the clothing rail tubes vertically instead of the typical horizontal clothing display position, I break its functional purpose.

I use its reflective chrome effect to mirror the mind and to open a dialogue on cultural body shaming within fashion, advertising and pop culture and its effects on body and mental health.

The sculpture is composed of garment rack rail tubes I collected, manipulated and assembled into a work depecting the consumer society and its negative impact on ecology and global warming.

Beneath its functional use, the clothing rack is a totem of overconsumption, designed in retail stores to subliminally push human beings towards consumption.