Sculpture, Nikita Azevedo
“Cut me open and the light streams out.
Stitch me up and the light keeps streaming out between the stitches”
― Richard Siken, Crush
‘Open-Wound Girl' is an opening into the body of girlhood. The torso of a girl is lain on an altar – her body on the butcher’s block; an object of desire. She has gone beyond the limits of human suffering & emerged as transcendent – the patron saint of beauty & terror. Girlhood makes martyrs of us all.
Nikita is a 2nd-year Astronomy & Astrophysics major based in Johannesburg, South Africa. As a scientist by day & a writer & fine artist by night, she has nurtured a bright faith in numbers & stars & the human spirit. IG: @sidewounds
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