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The subject of my work is human suffering that is being dispersed on the internet.
Websites full of victims of violence and racism are my source of inspiration. The victims in
my work are a selection of a huge amount of pictures; therefore they symbolize all victims
of murder, accidents and war. I want to show this suffering, in a dignified matter, to the general
public by means of a medium that most people can understand, and more important, accept.
That’s why I make drawings that bear testimony of high technical skills and dedication and at
the same time possess an enormous power of attraction because of their tempting colors and
beauty. I lure de viewers in a trap of beauty to let them face the reality that most people
continuously suppress.
My work is an ode to all the deceased people whom I depict; I feel like a plastic surgeon
who gives back beauty to a deformed body or a funeral director who prepares a body.
The wounds and the blood are concealed by an organic ensemble of lines, text and underlying
little drawings that originate in free association. Words and sentences that cross my mind
during the creation of my drawings are processed; which can be a fictitious conversation
between witnesses who comment on the situation but also my own frustrations and thoughts
that rise up when I’m working. I also use images that occur to me, for instance the view
from my studio or TV imagery that persists in my mind. It’s a cultivated form of the thoughtless
drawings you make when you are on the phone. A language that both expresses desperate
powerlessness and frustration as well as a strong sense of engagement. |
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