• A pair of legless used jeans are displayed with bougainvillea vines erupting from the open zip. They are embroidered onto a frayed piece of cotton and worked into the fabric of the jeans. Through the belt loops are black and green cords that are tied in knots the include a monkeys fist, ranger beads and a pipa knot. The piece is hung in an acrylic display box.
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Paraphilia

Paraphilia

$1,570.00 CAD
$1,570.00 CAD
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Erupting from the crotch of legless, distressed jeans, vivid bougainvillea—symbol of passion and thorny entanglement—climbs outward, blooming and bleeding. Rope work details like a monkey’s fist, pipa knot, and ranger beads echo themes of restraint, ritual, and coded desire. Paraphilia challenges the viewer to reflect on the blurred boundaries between passion, kink, and harm—where beauty entices, and thorns remind us of risk. When does desire turn thorny? And who decides?

Embroidery on denim 24" by 20"

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