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SAMSON (archive 2024-)
"SAMSON is my guard dog, I love him more than is comprehensible for a non-traumatised, neurotypical mind. He is both outside of me, protecting me, as well as a representation of myself and my identity."
Samson is the name of the dog depicted within the "Samson collection" - an ongoing project by Gabriel Canine exploring trauma, autism and masking, gender, punishment and companionship.
Always drawn in 2 dimensions, usually in black and white, he represents being trapped in the binds of trauma as well as being safe within the artist's canvas - suspended from the harshness of the world exterior to him, but still trapped in the viewer's expectations of what a dog is and isn't meant to do or be.
Samson not only serves as Gabriel's guard dog in terms of an outlet for therapeutic art process but also as a real, spiritual symbol that he uses for protection.
Multi-Disciplinary
Created by Gabriel Canine
Pieces featured in "GLIMMERS" by New House Art Space, Guildford from 10th-25th May 2024
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