Triffid II

“Puppets carry a symbolic weight that transcends their physical form. They represent both animation and subjugation, freedom and constraint. In Triffid II, Macri uses the puppet as a metaphor for the tension between autonomy and manipulation, an exploration of how identity can be staged, altered, or even performed for an unseen audience. The monochromatic palette underscores this dichotomy, reducing the object to its essential contrasts, much like identity itself, which is often shaped by binary perceptions of self and other.”
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"As performance and theatre are intrinsic to his oeuvre, he appeared, not as himself, but as a compelling persona, costumed in colours of the underground or decomposition: brownish leather jacket with tendril-like tassels, a heavily cosmeticized face including black-lined lips, eyes covered with a mesh veil of intricate design, his hair arranged in the style of corn rows, one leather gloved hand deep inside the elaborate hand puppet of a silvery, threatening triffid head. The free hand wielded what looked like a riding crop, at least a tool to tame the savage beast within."


Triffid II (hand puppet, black/white), 2017
Sculpture: Mixed media