A vintage deer skin with fur, moulded into the shape of a male torso and framed against glass. Influenced by ancient leather armour, This was the first of Jamie’s pieces that uses animal hides to create the human body, Inspired by the Greek mythological character, Acteaon.
Actaeon is hunting in the woods with his hounds when he happens upon the virgin Goddess Artemis. Attended by her nymphs, she is naked and preparing to bathe. It was forbidden to see her nude and to prevent Actaeon revealing what he saw Artemis changes him into a stag. Terrified, he runs off into the woods, pursued by his own hounds, which catch him and tear him to pieces. Unaware they have killed their master they search for him, howling with grief. Sorrowed by their plight, the Centaur Chiron makes a sculpture of Actaeon, said to be so lifelike it soothes their despair.
Material: Fallow deer hide, resin, paint, wood, glass
Date: 2007
Life size