This body of work explores the question of the simulacrum and its limitations in replacing the real. As evidenced by the mythological tales of earthen golems and the philosophical conjectures concerning homunculi, the idea of the simulacrum is pervasive to our culture. In my sculptures and installations, I seek to create copies of human forms, and to juxtapose the flaws of the reproductions with what we collectively experience as genuine.
These human-like forms, with their skin crafted from transparent plastic, and their entrails from electric wires, lights, and glass, are far from being recognized as truly human. Their stiff bodies lack various limbs, and, instead, lean haphazardly against walls or lay, dismembered, on floors. Nevertheless, these forms partially retain the structural integrity of their living counterparts.
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