It doesn’t always take another person to imprison us.  We can often bind ourselves up without any outside help– whether by our own thoughts, or actions, or expectations.  It’s a challenge just to get out of our own way.

In this sculpture series, artist Pava Wulfert binds together painted canvas and wooden racks, illustrating in three dimensions a sense of captivity.

 

We don’t always recognize our own confinement– like Wulfert’s elements painted in bright, happy colors, we may be blissfully ignorant of our lack of liberty.  It’s interesting that Wulfert uses typical artists’ materials like paint, canvas and rack pieces in these bound sculptures.  Perhaps how we see ourselves as artists can be a prison of sorts?  Certainly thinking of ourselves only in one artistic dimension limits our boundaries!

To see more of Pava Wulfert‘s work, please visit the artist’s website.

All images are via the artist’s website.