2024
Metallic chromogenic print
Image size: 850 x 570 mm (h x w)
Edition of 1 (+ an artist’s proof)
In creating Greeks, I exploit the space where creation, preservation, and decay overlap. To make these images, I rephotograph museum documentation of cultural artefacts through water, rather than shooting the physical objects themselves.
Water acts here as an active agent of effacement – both literal and metaphorical. It mirrors the physical erasure found on historical sculptures weathered by centuries of neglect, violence, and time. These once-vibrant works now stand fragmented, their features smoothed and distorted by the elements into a raw, imperfect form.
By photographing this archival documentation through water, I subject the recorded history to this same process of effacement. The liquid lens heavily distorts the catalogue image, pulling the form to the edge of abstraction. Yet, the titles of the works firmly anchor them back to reality, acknowledging their specific source collections like The Met.
These photographs are not static representations of ancient artefacts. They look at the tension between destruction and renewal, capturing a moment where the material world, our archives, and our cultural narratives are actively being reshaped.
