Via the motion of cutting and sticking, Poppy Erwood creates a world of hybrid beings which are brought to life through printmaking, ceramics, mask making and photography. By combining motifs of female figures and animalistic imagery as symbols of womanhood, her collages form unexpected juxtapositions and play on themes of gender. Erwood’s background in theatre and dance influences her performative approach, using source material taken from queer cabaret dancers of Berlin’s Weimar Republic, whose metamorphic personas act as a symbol of defiance and celebration, Erwood re-imagines and assembles images that explore hybridity and embrace the fluidity of identity.
