Ella Jury

My project focuses on human form, more specifically the internal human body. My first piece is made from a mix of mediums including Papier-mâché, texture paste and acrylic paint and depicts a gruesome abstract representation of human insides. This piece is a visual representation of how we view our internal bodies as a sort of jumble of flesh and bone, an assortment of gruesome innards contradictory to our self-image. This piece feels familiar and yet still foreign in the same way our internal bodies are to us. My second piece consists of a mobile of life size ceramic organs that pays homage to the Greek and Roman sculptures of gods and goddesses. This piece aims to celebrate the strength, power, and beauty of our internal bodies in the same way that gods and goddesses were viewed in ancient Greece and Rome.