I really love this artist and his works, he has a really interesting spin on photography. The photograph is not the focus, it is the photographed. He has completely deconstructed and rearranged what he wants people to see and how he wants them to see it, something I have not seen anything like.
He takes what literally gruesome, not perceived or associated is with but what is actually rotting and squirming and transforms them into shots that capture a moment where these unsightly things are still, and beautiful. Much like Sonja he has worked a lot with petri samples, but his work is not as refined or perfected his is a lot more raw. I particularly love his sculptural works, I think his use of texture and muted colour is very evoking of natural elements and his use of shape gives his works a fluidity that I find almost playful in the display of some very morbid mediums like the coiled dried snakeskin. Scientifically his works like domus aurea are ground-breaking, dealing with frescoes and their aging ancient reputation from Rome. He has actually researched bacteria at the site alongside biologists and trace some of the bacteria growing on the frescoes.. Recreating a calcium rich room he utilised the bacteria’s light sensitivity to create a moving project that would grow and seek out the light. Repurposing the bacteria that has eaten amazing things into the darkness of nothing, to create new art in itself. The result and the process itself are both phenomenal works of art. I think artists who make work like this that blur the lines of science and art are fascinating, and will help to build a bridge between the sciences and art, which can be used to raise awareness and spread knowledge and potentially inspire new creative ideas in both fields.
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June 2020
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