St. Surgery deals
with the topic of plastic surgery and the never-ending search for
beauty. But it is not a celebration thereof as the classic and iconic
poses of the females might suggest. The work takes a closer look
underneath the skin and at all the necessary surgical instruments to
reveal the actual path of pain these women are going through. The
intricate ornamentic underlines that they remain trapped in the
physical and emotional pain of striving for an idealized beauty,
rather than attaining liberation.
Artist Statement
My aim is to create aesthetic compositions which captivate the observer and invite her/him to deal with current critical themes. The digital, very graphic technique that I use on the computer leans in a formal sense on the glass works of church windows. Images of catastrophes, scandals, disputes and the like are intensified through an intricate iconography and composed like a mosaic. It is not my intention to construct new religious legends, as the sacred latin titles might imply, but rather to raise questions about which values we want to hold sacred in our time and prioritize in the future. Occidental and oriental designs combine into complex ornaments stressing the importance of an international dialogue. Occasional backlighting lends the works an additional radiance.