Rebecca Rayner, Abicere, 2020 Upholstery foam cut offs, and other discarded materials including wax remnants and eco soy wax, plaster, tights, upholstery fabric and string 1.5m x 60cm approx.
Rebbecca Rayner’s sculpture, Abicere is pastel: blue, peach, cream and mauve. Despite its soft colors it is uncomfortable in its waxiness. The form itself is an oblong shape that balances on three pillars. It is wrapped in fabric and string. It resembles a bone with some flesh still intact. ‘These ‘fleshy’ forms, contorted, tied, and encapsulated in viscous layers of dripping wax resemble rotting flesh and yet there are simultaneously reminiscent of icing, sponge and cake, creating ambiguous landscapes that both repulse and attract the viewer. Rayner draws inspiration from post-structuralist theory, the works of Julia Kristeva and artists including Louise Bourgeois, and Berlinde De Bruyckere. Themes of excess, consumption, objectification and the abject run through her work and contribute towards ongoing research into the psychology of the repulsion’ (Rayner). 32
