Yazmin’s work explores the relationship
between the abject and the beautiful, she specifically investigates the subtle
abject qualities of deformed human beings in particular Victorian performers
branded as ‘Freaks’. Also alongside this exploration she homes in on plastic
and cosmetic surgery as it links with human deformity. Boyle’s practice through
garment making takes a metaphorical likeness to skin. Humans use garments like
a second skin for physical and psychological needs. Human skin is an abject element that connects garment making and cosmetic surgery which she tries to recreate through
fabrics and other materials such as latex. Through her sculptures she questions
uncanny body shapes and attempts to provoke a reaction from the viewer with the
hope to disrupt the normal. Boyle’s artistic references are Beverley Semmes,
Louise Bourgeois and Julia Kristeva’s writings, Powers of Horror: An
Essay on Abjection.
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