STILL LIFE: LEMON
material: lemon
In my student days I created a lot of installations around the notion of vanity. With extinguished candles, withered flowers, overturned glasses and moldy food I portrayed the volatility of life. The days we spend on earth are mostly filled with silly quarrels over who should clean up what and not with the things that really matter. Here we see a lemon in decay, the white and turquoise mold reminds me of the Mediterranean Sea. Now that the fruit is nearing the end of its purpose it takes on the face of its native soil. We all become our parents in the end, don't we?
This work encourages the viewer to focus on eternal life. And what is a leftover lemon in the face of eternal life?












