The Martyrs (2024-2025)

Two Martyrs in all their majesty on the exhibition WARÚM DARÚM WARÚM DARÚM a conversation piece. september 2005, Loods6 Amsterdam
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I create installations in my studio that I photograph or film and then destroy. The Martyrs is a series of twelve works inspired by the impressive flowing cloaks of the twelve apostles in El Greco's (1541) paintings. The installations are made from everyday materials such as carpet, vinyl, elastic and bin bags. These materials are taken out of context, and turned inside out, neutralizing the materials and making them as pristine, as marble or paint. Only to be miraculously brought back to new life in the artwork. This approach universalises martyrdom and disconnects it from religion or culture.

studio view
 

All Photographs will be printed on ultramatt archival paper on
90 cm x 134 cm