010 honestly, i think you look great

Beauty is an existential need, a fundamental artistic and anthropological phenomenon – but why are we so easily tempted by the superficiality and cheesiness of today’s beauty industry? Why do we let ourselves be enchanted by the effect of transforming and modulating ourselves?

The work questions the ambivalent concept of beauty and uses symbols and codes to cultivate our bodies. It transforms materials from their context into new physical pieces, combining them into hybrid beings: an anonymous, posthuman portrait that is nothing more and nothing less than surface.

Group show with Teresa Mahler: “Honestly, I think you look great”, 2023.

Date
2023
Type
Object & sculpture
Show
Group show
With
Teresa Mahler
A light stand with ring lights, a small screen showing a made-up face and headphones, next to a quilted, airbrushed silk object hanging from a frame Close-up of the light stand: ring lights on gooseneck arms and a small screen with a glossy pink-lipped face A long printed textile banner with flowers, foliage and chrome chains hanging in front of a white wall Detail of the printed banner: orange berries, blue flowers and silver chains on an iridescent pastel ground