"...irresistible metaphors both for the skin that forms the barrier between the internal and external, and for the costume that enables its interpretation"

mary tuma is an artist who has an educational background in textiles, fashion history, and design.  her latest work is a tribute to palestinian prisoners on hunger strike.  the fabric and fiber of silk become agents which symbolizes the body, space, and time of these individuals.  

"There is an intangible "place" where the body becomes an emotional landscape. Though I cannot define this, it is a goal of the work to describe that place. Ideally, this leads to work both mournful and humorous, simultaneously real and surreal."

Mary Tuma. Home for the Disembodied. 2000.

an interview here about her latest work:

http://www.drainmag.com/ContentHORROR/Reviews/Frakes.html

her personal website and artist statement:

http://marytuma.com/index.html