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[spookysaurus]

My Samurai armour analogy is really only half the story. Armour radiates power and invincibility, as it is intended to. These sculptures/costumes are the diametrical opposite. They rather radiate fragility, transience, extreme vulnerability: the discarded exoskeletons of dream creatures and mythical beings. It is as if they have been nudged gently to the very threshold of our own material world, which - paradoxically enough - is their great strength.

[spookysaurus]

These wonderful pieces emanate something akin to an exhibited suit of armour. Not European armour, but more like the feeling of seeing a suit of Samurai armour on exhibition, with its mask of hair and iron, and its many separate elements and rich textures of silk, metal and lacquer. These costumes, as with Samurai armour, are a kind of rich exoskeleton. Even when they are not being worn, they retain the presence of the wearer, like a far echo, or a vanished ghost. Sha Sha, you are awesome.