This work was created for a group show regarding Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Grey.. It is no surprise that a society that prizes beauty above all else is a society founded on a love of surfaces. Wilde creates a moral tale out of this supposition. As Dorian manifests this theory he experiences the freedom to abandon his morals and to live from one indulgent experience to the next with the help of his yellow book. Polite society hear of his scandals but never really question his name and reputation and Dorian is never ostracized. On the contrary, despite his immoral life, he remains at the heart of the London social scene because of the 'innocence' and 'purity of his face'?
This is utmost a story about physical beauty and how it conceals rather than illuminates the soul within. Beauty is the wrapping that holds the gift - Beauty is not the gift