‘She Died Twice’

‘She Died Twice’

This sculpture is dedicated to my grandmother, a woman who, in an extraordinary turn of events, died twice. After her first passing, my sister, a cardiologist, revived her with remarkable dedication; she subsequently passed away again a few hours later. The work uses a ‘Happy Joe’ bottle to contain my grandmother’s ‘spirit’, with the cap symbolising the futile attempt to confine the soul. The bottle form resonates with artistic and cultural associations—its shape evokes the human body, while opening the cap suggests the release of the spirit, paralleling concepts of alcohol as ‘spirit’ and the fragility of life. This piece reflects on mortality, essence, and the limitations of human control, juxtaposing the corporeal and the ethereal.

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