Through the Wringer reflects the exhaustion and depletion caused by work, life, and trauma. The artist captures the physical and emotional toll of labor, symbolizing the way daily struggles wear down the body and spirit. Cast in heavy materials like cement and cast iron, the piece embodies the weight of being "wrung out" by life’s demands. The rusty textures and worn hands evoke feelings of being used up, dried out, and aged by the relentless pressures of existence.
The red cloth represents life, blood, and vitality—the human essence that is drained by work and hardship. This piece confronts the viewer with the harsh realities of labor’s toll on the body, evoking the sense of feeling old before one’s time. By using industrial materials and a heavy visual language, the artist transforms these feelings of exhaustion into a powerful, tactile expression of life’s burdens.
