2020
Portrait of a Wounded Man and his Lady
part of the ‚Imperfections‘ series*
oil on canvas
90 x 90 cm, unframed
available as a limited art print
The couple in love dance happily while getting ready to go out. The man confidently dips the lady backwards while looking at the viewer with pride and victory. Muscular and flawless, it seems, if it weren’t for the small, inconspicuous plaster on his hand, for the clumsy cut while cooking, this ‚man‘ only had a children’s plaster with little hearts available …
*The Imperfections series shows the aesthetics of the supposedly unsightly: the baroque splendor of the protagonists staged is in deliberate contradiction to the humorous use of elements or situations from our contemporary everyday life – united in a harmonious total work of art.