For Hugging

Punching bag, the artist’s clothes, chain.
5′ 8″h 18″w 18″d
2017

For hugging, not for punching. I wanted to take the violence a punching bag asks for and turn the functionality of it on its head, to that of comfort and tenderness. This work states that some things are not what they seem, and sometimes we can create change by showing kindness in situations where we usually do the opposite.