Jennie E. Park
Blood Brain Barrier
2024
23" x 17"
Feeler gauge, pins, cork board, (fake) blood, photo, glue
$4,500.00

An inverted bell curve trisects me at its mean and standard deviations (marked by blood vials) as an immigrant girl (unsuccessfully) trying to decode and fit into “normal” or “average.” Ultra-thin feeler gauge blades etched with private, emotionally expressive words form my trapped brain gyri.