Nobody’s Face

hall of mirrors…
a desire to exorcise and fixate some states…
but primarily duplicating past traditions of focusing on a presumed self.

I have hardly anything in common with myself – Franz Kafka

Who is with me is against me – Francis Picabia

OneSelf ONE SELF
multiplicities facing the Aleph
(approx. 1989)

Mogen Yehudi - The Jew's Shield/Star MOGEN YEHUDI
a sequence of events making one stick out
(approx. 1992)

THE HISTORY OF ART: THE YAWN
reacting to particular histories
(approx. 1987)

An homage to Conrad Veidt (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari/The Man Who Laughs) & Artaud.
(2009)

MOUTHPIECES

Carpe Diem
(2009)

Eat Your Vegetables
(2009)

and going back in time,
early self-portraits
+
a triptych/installation
at the Vienna Jewish Museum

We declare ourselves irreconcilable with Art since it is intrinsically linked with theology, metaphysics, and mysticism…
Death to ART.
Aleksei Gan, 1923

News & Olds

BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus