Moping Heart 2005.
Mop, bucket, sweat heart candy, fake blood.
Size varies with installation.
A regular mop will have red paint, looking like blood on the brush, dried on it and the paint will be washed onto the floor along with sweet heart candy, saying sweet nothings like “kisses”, “I love you”, and “love forever”, will have paint also covering the floor.
It symbolizes the complexity and messiness of the meaning of love. This could be the end of a love, how the sweetness can be tainted into bitterness, how love can influence one’s viewpoint. The innocent becomes experienced, and now love becomes more complex as one must deal with the aftermath of innocence lost. The mop symbolizes the cleansing, and also the muddying of the meaning of love. The sweet heart candy represents the happy, blissful moments in the decadent landscape of relationships. |
