floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before empirical dated 1996

dated 1996

This was the first piece to be created in the new recycling studio in the Maldives 'Makers Place'

As with Goya´s originals these are printed true to the original plate size

tansy and zinnia varieties

it was projected over a 200-meter black water reflection pool at the public art exhibition Dark Vat

floral vanitas set in black water roses and tulips as never seen before empirical dated 1996The Vanitas series revisits the still life tradition through an underwater photographic process, extending a lineage that emerged most prominently in seventeenth century Dutch painting. Working entirely in water, these compositions draw on historical motifs associated with mortality, transience, and the passage of time. Floral specimens, organic matter, and carefully selected objects are staged within a submerged environment where light, reflection,