I Would Give You My Hair If I Could, 2021

Artist’s mother’s hair, glue, thrifted linen fabric. Framed with an oak frame and museum glass, 53 x 53 cm.

 

In the work I Would Give You My Hair If I Could (2021) intricate strands of the artist's mother's hair form the comforting sentence, unveiling the intimate relationship between a mother and the artist who has alopecia. 

 
 
 

Scanned detail

 

Unveil at Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, Finland

Solo exhibition

22.4.-9.5.2023

https://rajataide.fi/lumi-tuomi-unveil/