Five Corridors from the Brown Wall: Iris

Iris is the second work in Five Corridors from the Brown Wall. After the scented atmosphere of Sweet Cicely, Iris gathers into purple weight. The flowers are moist and staining; as dead heads are plucked from the stiff stems, they leave the fingers purple. They hold their shape for a long time, until they begin to shrivel into that wet purple fist.

The Brown Wall remains constant, but the subject changes state. Here the flowers are dense, bodily, and watchful: purple mass, stem, vase, shadow, and light coming together as something that feels almost like a black eye looking back.