Diptychs
Photo of Paul sleeping / Photo of victim 32, Pompeï, 2024 (on show at Unseen Fair 2024)
Volledige titel: Foto van Paul die slaapt, vrijdag 24 juni, 18:54, 2020, Jan Lievensstraat (De Liefjes), Amsterdam en Foto van Slachtoffer 32, omgekomen tijdens de uitbarsting van de Vesuvius in oktober, 79 n. Chr, gipsen afgietsel van 16 maart 1957, gefotografeerd op 6 mei, 9:14, 2024, buiten Porta Nocera, Pompeï
In a series of diptychs, images are placed side by side. Rather than explaining, the pairing holds a tension between them.
In Photo of Paul sleeping / Photo of victim 32, Pompeï, a photograph of a former partner is paired with the plaster cast of a body found in Pompeii. The similarity in posture creates a precise but coincidental alignment, while the distance between the two remains intact, quietly pointing to the transience of the body and of life itself.
