Untitled (Mekamelencolia - Velvet #10 DDRG35AC),

2018

Known for her multi-genre practice that includes sculpture, painting, performance, and installation, Bul explores the boundaries between the human body and computer technology, and organic and mechanical forms. This vast composition, which incorporates silk velvet, mother-of-pearl, and human hair, reflects the artist’s longstanding engagement with the idea of turning the inside out and making the body’s interior visible. This interest is expressed through Bul’s materials, which she selects for the symbolism of their origins: “Velvet was first developed to be used in place of hair and fur. But it is made with silk and silk is made from the discharge of silkworms, so it comes from the inside. And mother-of-pearl may look like a hard shell but it is really an organ, the inside of shellfish. It is created when shellfish try to heal a wound.”