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# Curios About: Wound X by Cecilia Bullo
- URL: https://www.dublininquirer.com/curios-about-wound-x-by-cecilia-bullo/
- Published: 2016-02-24T00:00:58.000Z
- Updated: 2016-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Description: Wound X is all about women showing their teeth against the patriarchy, being strong and fighting back, says artist Cecilia Bullo.
- Author: Square in the Circle
- Tags: Culture Desk, Curios About, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-05 15:28

**Wound X**  
By Cecilia Bullo  
Marble, human teeth  
50cm x 10cm x 8cm

1\. This work is about . . . exploring the [Freudian theory](http://monstrous-fem.blogspot.ie/?ref=dublininquirer.com) of the toothed vagina. It’s about women showing their teeth against the patriarchy, it’s about women being strong and fighting back. It also explores mutation and hypothetical “what-ifs” in science. This piece was done a few years back, but it recently featured in the London-based art-and-science online magazine [CLOT](http://www.clotmag.com/scoutandtrends?ref=dublininquirer.com).

2\. I made this work because . . . I was exploring mutant forms at the time and was also working a lot in stone. My aim was to make marble look like flesh in this piece. I had also had a bike accident in which I fractured some of my teeth, and during one of my endless visits at the dentist I came across an article on an anti-rape device developed in South Africa and the idea of this Freudian toothed-visceral-wound started to come about.

3\. I hope when people see this work they will . . . feel curious and a bit uncomfortable, allowing the ambiguity of the work to tease at their subconscious.

4\. In terms of art history, this work . . . would probably fall in the broad spectrum of sculpture and conceptual art.

5\. You can see my work . . . at [ceciliabullo.com](http://www.ceciliabullo.com/?ref=dublininquirer.com) and [clotmag.com/scoutandtrends](http://www.clotmag.com/scoutandtrends?ref=dublininquirer.com)

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