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Natalie Sirett Art

We Need to Talk About Kevin

26/7/2020

 
​It is possibly unfair to have christened my carcinoma Kevin. I’m sure there are many delightful and honourable Kevins in this world, but when I was first diagnosed with cancer, my terrified brain could not get close to imagining this thing inside me, which, unless it was dealt with, would eventually kill me. I took to calling this 48mm triple negative carcinoma Kevin because, as Lionel Shriver’s novel states, ‘We Need to Talk about Kevin’. This new series of artworks K is for Kevin documents the experience of addressing Kevin. Each phrase embroidered on handkerchiefs is taken from my steroid-fuelled chemo diaries. Together these pieces tell the story of Kevin’s demise in 54 chapters. 
K is for Kevin #1 - I AM NOT WHAT I WAS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT I AM embroidery on handkerchief, 22x22cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
K is for Kevin #2 - K is for KEVIN embroidery on handkerchief, 27x29cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
K is for Kevin #3 - I DON'T WANT TO DIE embroidery on handkerchief, 18x18cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
K is for Kevin #4 - I HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH embroidery on handkerchief, 28x28cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
K is for Kevin #5 - KEVIN is my CARCINOMA embroidery on handkerchief, 24x27cm, Natalie Sirett, 2020
K is for Kevin #10 - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN embroidery on handkerchief, 26x26cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
K is for Kevin #15 - POISON CURE, embroidery on handkerchief, 30x30cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
K is for Kevin #27 - CAN'T SLEEP, HAVEN'T CRIED embroidery on handkerchief, 28x28cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
K is for Kevin #34 - I PUT MY HAIR IN A PAPER BAG embroidery on handkerchief, 30x30cm, Natalie Sirett 2020
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