Medium: Moleskine Size: 105 x 65 x 5 Technique: Ballpoint pen Edition: Unique
Theme(s): Tarot card of Swords. Female perception and memory of sexual trauma
Place publication: Grahamstown Publisher: The artist Exhibition 2017
Reference note: Small moleskine book with cut and drawn imagery
Based on the Tarot suite of the same name, Swords is a meditation on the female perception and memory of sexual trauma. In Tarot lore, the suite of Swords is associated with force, oppression, power, and masculinity. The Nine of Swords carries connotations of fear, anxiety, despair, hopelessness, and unresolved conflicts. For these reasons, this card is regarded by readers to be indicative of negativity when drawn.
Exhibition notes: ‘Booknesses: Contemporary South African Artist's Books’.