Aidan McCauley

This series of reliefs is all about conveying the feeling of being sucked in and pinned down, stuck in the throes of pain and sin. Taking inspiration from Dante’s Inferno, apocalyptic visions from the Bible and Renaissance artwork, I sought to create my own interpretation of hell. Transforming found objects, like action figures, to an almost unrecognizable state, I wished to highlight the evil powers’ ability to change and destroy. Toys, often symbols of joy and creativity, are often playfully manipulated by a child’s imagination; however, these figures are cemented in a place of wrestling and discomfort, desperate to escape from their entrapment.