Unwanted Lover

Sculpture

Materiality: Acrylic On Clay, Ceramic and Porcelain Clay.

"Unwanted Lover" is a sculpture that serves as a physical archive of fragments of touch. It is a radical act of reclaiming the abused body, transforming it from a site of trauma into a landscape of complex truth.

The fingerprints embedded in the surface represent the duality of the skin’s memory: some are the heavy, withering marks of the unwanted, while others capture "yes" moments—aphrodisiac touches that were hot, sexy, and deeply wanted. The form explores the sensory friction between "Stop" and "Don’t stop," between being drowned and being loved.

Through ceramic, glaze, and porcelain, this piece documents the struggle to find a binary in a world of labels, ultimately asserting that a body can hold both the scars of the past and the heat of present desire. It is a vessel for the "No" that was ignored and the "Yes" that was felt, proving that she is still standing, she is still there, and she is a work of art.

"Unwanted Lover. This sculpture remains fragments of touches. Some consensual, some aphrodisiac, some unconscious, withering, unwanted.

No. I said no. Stop. Don’t stop. Love me. Hate me. Leave me alone. Drown me. Fuck me. Stop it. Stop."

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Statement of Value: Unwanted Lover
Price: $5,000.00

Materiality & Reclaimed Narrative
Tactile Memory: The valuation recognizes the use of Ceramic and Porcelain Clay to capture literal fingerprints, documenting a spectrum of touch from the "unconscious and withering" to the "hot and sexy".

The Glazed Body: The bruised and mottled Glaze finish represents the skin as a map of history—reclaiming the abused body by making the invisible visible.

Conceptual Duality: Unlike traditional trauma-informed art, this piece demands a higher value for its refusal to be one-dimensional. It holds space for both the "No" and the aphrodisiac "Yes," creating a sophisticated narrative of agency and survival.

Physical Archive: As a core component of the FLORA: Archives des Fleurs, Je Me Souviens project, this work is a permanent record of a Black trans woman’s body as a site of both trauma and intense, beautiful pleasure.