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In her 'Humane' series, the artist challenges the meaning of its eponymous term. Each photograph depicts a human flaw or threat standing for humanity's darkest facets. Seven fateful allegorical figures, of which only the eyes, hands and attributes can be seen, emerge from the darkness. These entities wear symbolic masks, whose menacing looks peer through the lens at the viewer.
Similar to Jacques' monologue in Shakespeare's "As You Like It", they inhabit a dark universal stage, where humanity plays itself out, battling its nature, haunted by looming entities it must stay away from to survive. Depicted in the style of Old Masters portraits and drawing inspiration from the works of Cindy Sherman, the grain of the photographs and shades echoe oil paintings to accentuate a sense of universality and timelessness.
The following seven internal menaces humanity is facing have been selected: pandemic, cruelty, vanity, greed, war, fear and inaction.
All original photographs are numbered and limited to editions of seven.