My friend posted a video of this and I knew I just had to see it. I feel I'm a growing art snob since this is the first time I've seen a piece and wept. Jordan Wolfson seemed to have captured many topics that are personal to me. It's like he read my journal and knew how to express exactly what I felt.
Many of these topics relate to my upbringing. First, the "dummy." It's an observer. The big, expressive eyes, seeing all of the people who visit this piece. It's on a track that's connected to chains. It gets into odd positions. It doesn't seem to have a choice in whether it's pulled this way or that way. At one point, the dummy has his leg pulled one way and gets contorted into a position that would be uncomfortable. Aside from being the observer and contortionist, the dummy is made from many pieces and is not able to stand on its own. All of these are characteristics of my own personal childhood experiences.
Second, the song. For years after my parents' divorce, love songs were a sore spot for my mom. This song along with the dummy on chains reminds me of how I've watched my mom's heart break repeatedly from unsatisfying relationships.
Conversely, it reminds me of my 20's, when I attempted to date and never had a working relationship with anyone.
It seems like a simple sculpture but to me, it struck me as something related to my life.
