Wilma Cruise sculpture and work on paper, installation view
11 November - 9 December 2009
iArt Gallery
71 Loop Street, Cape Town
Wilma Cruise’s highly acclaimed body of work – Cocks, Asses, & – consists of a large number of sculptures, etchings, drawings, and writing, which draw from various sources of inspiration, including the relationship between humans and animals, human interpersonal relationships and the process of making art. Primarily, though, Cruise admits to being inspired by what she calls the ‘gap between’:
‘People’s bodies might be saying one thing, but what’s coming out of their mouths might be saying another thing, and it’s that “body language” that I’m interested in…the space between bodies becomes pregnant with meaning and a kind of language.’