Ryoko Suzuki

Bind, 2001

Ryoko Suzuki was born in Japan and since then has established herself in America. She uses photography as her medium and says the following about her paining Bind:

"In the series, I bound myself with pigskins, which have been soaked in blood as a symbol of womanhood, as a symbol of the given world. I was thinking and feeling of my life, in which I had transformed from a child who just took what adults provided to a woman who leaded her own life, while I wrapped up my eyes, nose, mouth, and ears with the pigskin. The series is a record of consideration with the action"