In Chimeras, I wanted to think about contemporary society. Using a wide range of materials, I tried to bring their diversity onto the canvas and weave it into a single image. The result was a series of compositions that move between harmony and dissonance. In the same way, when different people come together, this can sometimes grow into neighbourliness and at other times into conflict.
1. Fratelli Alinari,
The Etruscan Chimera of Arezzo, 1850–1900
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Hamburg
2. Hans Bellmer,
Les Jeux de la Poupée 1938-49
3. Louis Jean Desprez, The Chimera (La Chimère de Monsieur Desprez), ca. 1777–84
4. Unknown photographer, Venice, San Marco, detail of the south façade, c. 1850. Daguerreotype
5. Oleg Komarov, Colorful Object n.59, 2024
from the series Chimeras
6. Colorized electron micrograph.
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
7. William Henry Fox Talbot,
Photomicrograph of two insect wings, c. 1840.
Courtesy of National Science and Media Museum
8. François Hers,
Intérieurs, 1981
9. Oleg Komarov, Colorful Object n.66, 2024
from the series Chimeras