My Hope Chest My Hope Chest

Beatrice Scaccia had been working on her My Hope Chest painting right before the beginning of Homemade. Since she first started studying art history, she has been captivated by hairstyles and their symbolic meaning—embodying various dualities, including power and its limits, as well as expression and suppression. Her infatuation led her to accumulate large amounts of doll hair for use in future artistic projects. Interested in exploring the hoarding phenomenon that developed at the start of the pandemic, Scaccia turned to her own collecting habits. This painting initiated an inquiry that would continue throughout the duration of Homemade and lead her to venture into an entirely new medium.