“Beyond the implication that the boundaries of the human body do not correspond with the anatomy described by medicine, what this means is that the human creature has a complex relation with an object that is external–internal to him.” (Biberman and Zisser – Art, Death and Lacanian Psychoanalysis, p. 74)

'There is a sort of glitch in the logic of this painting. Disembodied eyes are excreted from an arse, slipping out like the round little shits of ruminants; a sharp knife is wielded beneath as though having made a cut, like a pick-pocket stealing coins from a traveller, but there is no cut to speak of. Instead there is a request to sit with the visceral encounter; an imaginary cut, an excretion that has this erotic aspect, and on another register, a figure holding an object between finger and thumb, mesmerised. More questions than answers regarding what is being offered and what is being taken. At this point though, a questioning stance feels more tenable than the fool’s errand of seeking to assert a truth.'

- Helen Johnson, October 2023