The Gaggle (2019)
Graphite on paper
54 x 84 inches
The Gaggle depicts a group of Canada geese and goslings that are bound together and suspended by their own intestines. In various stages of life and death, the geese hang like a large sack of flesh. The demise of the gaggle includes a human presence that twists and squishes the geese together. Yet, the geese also become self-destructive, as they turn cannibalistic and become tangled in their own organs. These attributes are metaphoric for our own self-destructive behaviours; including environmental damage, our obsession with control, and anxiety surrounding mortality.
