Metamorphosis

Skeleton Woman I

Installation 2016-2017

 

The Inuit story of »Skeleton Woman« by Clarissa Pinkola Estés is a central theme of my work. The story tells about

self-love, life energy, our inherent self-healing powers

and how we can reconnect with them. My installation is a

self-portrait in which I am not physically present.

(Clarissa Pinkola Estés, »Skeleton Woman«, Women

who runs with the wolves)

 

© Photos by

Gert Krautbauer

Metamorphosis

Skeleton Woman II

Installation 2017

 

Time and space for retreat

and tranquillity were needed

for an identification with, and an exploration of, the insight that

a profound feeling of love and the almost boundless trust in another person that goes along with it can be an attempt at liberation from a dark period

in one’s life.

 

This space is represented by the artist as a »grotto« – a tomb could also be inferred. Daytime and nighttime scenes show not only the lightness but also

the heaviness associated with this exploration. The two phases of this exploration are presented through photographs of a grotto at day and night.

 

 

© Photos by

Gert Krautbauer

 

Pigment Print

on True Fibre Matt Paper