Florence Menghini – Fine Art MA (Interim)

SHADOW FIGURES

Wherever we go a small patch of darkness follows us whether it’s the natural effect of light or something more sinister is uncertain.

In this series of life size paintings I use my own body as a tool aiming to recreate some of my own paranormal experiences. They offer a glimpse into the cracks of time between past and present, waking and sleeping, what is known and what is feared.

Today in this time of lockdown and social distancing the Corona virus has become our “Shadow Figure” following us daily and haunting our dreams.

 

 

image of many hands and a face as though pressed against the floor
Keep Your Distance. Drawing on velour fabric. Size 6ft x 5ft (2020)

 

nightmare type image of faces, hands and feet as though pressed against the screen surrounded by knives
The Jungle. Drawing on velour fabric. Size 6ft x 5ft (2020)

 

nightmare type image of a face and hands as though pressed against the screen surrounded by knives
This Inhuman Place. Drawing on velour fabric. Size 6ft x 5ft (2020)

 

a figure surrounded by knives
Valley Of Shadows. Drawing on velour fabric. Size 6ft x 5ft (2020)

 

a kneeling female figure as though pressed against the screen surrounded by knives
Warrior Queen. Drawing on velour fabric. Size 6ft x 5ft (2020)