Lysistrata’s Infinite Army
Installation 60 x 160 cm (ceramics: c. 2 cm – 20cm), Ceramics (x 146) & Perspex glass with 2-way mirror film.
Glazed in a reptile-skin-like texture, these ceramic pieces explore the tension between the sacred and the profane, referencing both biblical creation (“man was made of clay”) and contemporary sexuality. Displayed inside a vitrine lined with two-way mirrors, the installation creates a visual illusion: the viewer partially sees their own reflection while also glimpsing an infinite interior space filled with repeating reflections of the butt plugs.
The title “Lysistrata’s Infinite Army” draws from Aristophanes’ ancient comedy, in which sex is used as a means of protest and control. In this context, the sex toy becomes both a political and symbolic object, reimagining the phallus not as dominance, but as multiplicity, play, and resistance. The work also draws visual inspiration from Paul McCarthy’s provocative forms. The base has evolved into a wide, plate-like form, subtly referencing censers used in Greek Orthodox rituals. This transformation shifts the object from something overtly sexual into something sacred or ceremonial: a relic-like artefact.
