Untitled (Spirit monkey)

Zachariah Fenn and Sudheera Dissayanake, Untitled (Spirit monkey), 2023, Pencil, marker and paint pen on found object, cardboard, 32 x 29cm

Zachariah Fenn and Sudheera Dissayanake, Untitled (Spirit monkey), 2023, Pencil, marker and paint pen on found object, cardboard, 32 x 29cm

A figure emerges from an unfolded tea box, it is part human, part ape. A spiritual beast. Adorned with feathers, horns and flowers, his arms outstretched - beckoning the viewer into some form of embrace, or is it a signal of surrender?