turn the mouth upside down…
2012
sisal, wire
152 × 112 × 30 cm

The work refers to a quotation from William Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure:

“O, turn the mouth that spoke false oaths so sweetly… yet return the kisses, the pledges of affection.”

Turn the mouth upside down… is a reflection on the word as something that can wound, seduce, and mislead. The mouths in the work are literally inverted — physically and symbolically revealing emotional reversal and a sharp boundary of feeling.

The piece speaks of disappointment, of false promises, but also of the need to restore what is true — emotions that remain within us despite disillusionment.