Araba Ocran

Araba Ocran is the founder and curator of Bad Behaviour. As an artist she works with the body as subject and site — constructing corsets and bodily armour from wire, beading, chain and found materials, then mounting them on black mannequins to create figures that are simultaneously constrained and formidable. Her works for Gritted Teeth include The Price of the Silhouette — two corset sculptures made from fibreglass resin, barbed wire and razor wire, exploring how much agency women trade for the right silhouette — and The Violence of Birth, a triptych of vintage gynaecological instruments set into Jesmonite cushions that offer no comfort.