Within the body there is a doubling of many of the organs: two sides of the brain, two eyeballs, two ears, two lungs, two testicles, two kidneys, two hands, two legs. I wanted to make single sculptures that extend this mirroring to two complete bodies conjoined.

 is the opposite, with the bodies not simply facing but merging with one another’s inner space.

 problematise this doubling into a vertical structure that evokes the tension between thought and action, sexuality and death.

Double Bodycase Works In Lead And Cast Iron

, 1987, lead, fibreglass and air, 50 × 80 × 95 cm.

Vision

, 1987-88, lead, fibreglass, plaster and air, 212 × 58 × 80 cm.

To The Ends Of The Earth

, 1987, lead, fibreglass, plaster and air, 212 × 58 × 80 cm.

Growth

, 1987, cast iron and air, 74 × 174 × 87 cm.

Holding Onto The Future

, 1988, lead, fibreglass, plaster and air, 65 × 194 × 210 cm.

Dawn

, 1987-88, lead, fibreglass, plaster and air, 342 × 192 × 35 cm. Collection of National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Present Time

, 1988, lead, fibreglass and air, 71 × 85 × 104 cm. 

Fold

, 1988, lead, fibreglass and air, 56 × 212 × 56 cm. 

Landing II

, 1988-89, cast iron and air, 68 × 103 × 85 cm. 

Fold II

, 1987/93, lead, fibreglass, plaster and air, 245 × 98 × 83 cm. Collection of Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal.

Double Bodycase Works In Lead And Cast Iron

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