Caitlin McDonald & Inge Panneels

Photo by Chris Scott, 2024.

Surgery

The incision in the wax lines up with Caitlin’s real surgical scar when the mould is held up to her breast. Inge provided the scalpel handle to use in the display, insisting that “all artists have scalpels.” The blue dot near the nipple is an artefact from the alginate Caitlin and Inge used to take the mould of Caitlin’s breast – the same substance used for creating dental moulds.

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