Fear to Fetish

fear

1- an unpleasant feeling of apprehension or distress caused by the presence or anticipation of danger.

 2 -an idea, thought, or other entity that causes feelings of fear3 -a concern about something that threatens to bring bad news or results4 -chance or likelihood of an undesirable thing happening

 

fetish fet·ish

1.object, idea, or activity that somebody is irrationally obsessed with or attached to2-something, for example, an inanimate object or nonsexual part of the body that arouses sexual excitement in some people

 

One persons fear is another ones fetish. But what happens when the fear itself becomes the fetish?

 

This on going series of works document the artists personal anxiety ridden dental experiences. The result is a body of works that explores the her pain -parallel to sexual fetishes of the like. This series has evolved and grown to include works that explore society’s fetish with vanity related body modification.