Unfolding Leaves
2006
Collage, 52 x 42 cm.
Materials: mixed media
Collection: Courtesy of Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp.
The starting point for this set of collages is the devotional cards and other material found saved in missals. They are littered with elements of humanism and classical references such as flowers, leaves and ribbons. The collages explore the amazing similarity between religious and physical iconography in Renaissance painting and contemporary images of the male figure and homosexual pornography. Some collages contain autobiographical elements and others directly reference artists of the modern period.
