Tobias Cobin

I Am The Fishman

Class of: 2027

Major: Fine Arts BFA

Medium: Cardboard Sculpture

Faculty: Tsohil Bhatia

Prompt: This Bridge 1 assignment was to create a self-portrait in the medium of our choice.

This self-portrait is a 6′ 1″ cardboard sculpture that explores themes of addiction. It portrays myself with a fish head in place of my own with a polaroid of myself caught on a string hanging from the mouth.

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