Reflection - looking at self

Following on from the work in which leaves are pinned on the faces of myself and my ancestors, I have engraved eucalyptus leaves onto old hand mirrors. Used for viewing in a private manner these mirrors place the leaves on the faces of whoever looks in them. Manthia Diawara writes in an article on Kader Attia's, work that mirrors are the primary technology of the self, '....to confrontation with ones own reflection, with a seemingly externalised self, a self as Other.' P167 Art Forum International Feb 2014

Reflect 1 - Engraving on glass

Reflect 2 - Engraving on glass

Reflect 3 - Engraving on glass