MeatGrinder, 2024, is an open diary that explores emotional and sexual abuse. Over two intense months, Chitima Harcup delved into their subconscious, producing 100 inkings (30 x 14.5cm) that confront these challenging themes. Largely unplanned, each work emerged from the depths of the artist’s subconscious, offering an intimate look into the emotional effects of abuse. Ink was chosen for its staining qualities, reminiscent of the blemish left on one’s psyche after experiencing such horrors.
The image above depicts what was displayed at Chitima Harcup's degree show in 2024.
The work in its entirety is shown below.
Head in the Clouds
Embrace
My Little Lamb
Bile
Poached
Partnership
Long Nights
She Remembers
Hanging Tree
Globus Sensation
Mama
Desire
Drip
Inner Warmth
Remnants
He Arrived
Zebra's Lost her Coat
His Infection
Rack and Ruin
Looking Glass
Lily 1
Get Out
Cumbersom Child
Behind Closed Doors
Lead
Bile 2
Purge fro Him
First Touch
Embryo
Can you see her?
Daisy Chain
Sharing Souls
Release
Cellular 1
Animal
She Weeps
Lamb Play
Quiet Now
Learning Lessons
Return to Mother
Topsy Turvy
What Self?
Escape Plan
Playtime
Every Night
Catch Her
Stuck in the Mud
Pick Me Up
Lily 2
Cellular 2
Today's Outfit
Riddled
Her Tender Love
Bound to
Last Meal
Counting Sheep
Performance
Home
Hanging Tree 2
Empty Bucket
Exchange
Dripping
It Takes Two?
Her
Disrepair
Escape Plan 2
Caress
Subjugation
Again
Tomorrow's Outfit
Growing Pains
Pillar
Well Behaved
Addiction
Splash!
Bile 3
Who's there?
Runaway Lamb
Butchers House
Rape Block
Tick Tock Tick Tock
Entry
Tending Shepherd
Needle
Grounded
Eve
Eternal Child
Whack Whack Whack
Cellular 3
House
Tick Tick Tick
Stay
He's Underneath
Again Again Again
First Meal
Seeped
