part of the series of about 100 inner life portraits called (”blood / bleeding”), 2019
these portraits were created between december 2018 and february 2019 in preparation for the site-specific & sound installation (”71 lives”). they take as a departure point the physical qualities of blood (as arterial blood, vein blood, so to say the ”juice of life” or lifeblood, and the products of its decomposition) and show the hugely varied shades that blood can assume. as part of the installation the drawings / paintings also stand for the individual people represented and thus are vital pointers towards the spiritual aspects of life such as their wishes, hopes, dreams and longings and ask the viewer to address their own issues.