Bennett Smith

A coffin nail a day will put you away

A coffin nail a day will put you away
2023

Pain can be agonising and beautiful. This profound experience can move people and have a transformative effect on them. The present work draws a fine oscillating line between suffering and beauty. The images contain a kind of experimental, tormenting interaction with the human body. The fashion-inspired composition is meant to evoke an experience that irritates the usual negative connotations of pain and the positive ones of beauty. What appears to be aesthetically pleasing at first glance reveals a painful situation upon closer inspection.