Ryoko Suzuki ~ "Bind"

 

Ryoko Suzuki's "Bind" series comprises of photographs that show the female body being constricted and distorted by bloody ties:

"The"Bind"series expresses my inner-self:a grown-up who has left the world introduced by her parents and other adults. Acquiring my own thinking and being,"Bind"shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this work series, I bound myself with pigskin, which had been soaked in my blood as a symbol of womanhood. I was feeling and thinking about my life-in which I had transformed from a child who just believed what adults provided- leading it my very own way, as a woman, while wrapping my eyes, nose, mouth, and ears with pigskin. In this way, the"Bind"series are recordings of actions reflecting these considerations."

The work is provocative due to the materials used and the visual appearance. It is suggestive of being trapped, restrained and tortured, issues that are often dealt with in feminist art.