Siew Guang Hong
 

Charybdis, The Man Eater depicts a predator attracting its prey with invitingly positioned tentacles, as well as visually and texturely provocative patterns. The ornately intricate stipples draw viewers in for inspection and mesmerise them. However, Siew’s use of red; as well as the positioning of phallic objects in orificial arrangements materialise a sexual aggression and a queer subversion of biology, achieving the unsettling and dreadful feelings made responsible by the sculpture’s predatory nature.