Homo Animalis
The skulls in this bestiary, placed on human bodies, suggest that we belong to the animal kingdom.
In these compositions, sometimes reinterpretations of works by masters like Artemisia Gentilschi, Caravage or Rubens, the characters seem to be present, sensitive, existing, sometimes even posing for the photographer or remaining frozen like a model in front of a painter.
This metaphor accentuates the boundary that has thickened between us and ‘non-human animals’. Generation after generation, this state of affairs distances us further from our ties to the earth and leads us to forget the bonds that unite us fundamentally.
This rupture, which used to allow us to assert our superiority, has become the chasm that separates us from what is essential.
