The series Rhino Ideologies addresses the psychological push and pull that we deal with in our lives and of that strenuous personal growth that we all struggle with. The images I have used are metaphors that depict childhood, labeling, control psychological distress and how society and science perpetuates the stigmas and isolation associated with the people who suffer.
The images of the rhinoceros, represent the adversary and ally we hold inside our own consciousness. The rhinoceros is an interesting metaphor because the animal itself provokes a sense of endangerment yet powerful strength. These extreme opposites in the work of old/young, good/ bad, weak/strong, extreme joy and paralyzing turmoil come forward in the images of the rhinoceros and the text.