Under the surface

 2023

Sections of torn and peeling billboard posters are not an uncommon sight in everyday life. Under the layers of paper bizarre fragments of faces and bodies are often revealed. Some become visible on the surface, others remain hidden underneath. These motifs fascinated me in their imperfection and so I have captured many of them over the years, as they offered the opportunity for me to create my own works of art out of them. The works in my series were created by overlaying two photos each. I want to make imaginary fragments visible that might be hidden beneath the surface. This may not correspond to reality, for the viewer it creates a “constructed reality”.

Sections of torn and peeling billboard posters are not an uncommon sight in everyday life. Under the layers of paper bizarre fragments of faces and bodies are often revealed. Some become visible on the surface, others remain hidden underneath. These motifs fascinated me in their imperfection and so I offered the opportunity for me to create my own works of art out of them.