Seven Gratings

The collection Seven Gratings draws on the artist’s experience of living with an autoimmune skin disease known as psoriasis, symbolised by various household objects. The cheese grater represents the compulsion to scratch, the clock points at the accelerated regeneration of the skill cells, the brush and pan portray the desire to erase the mess caused by the fallen skin, the teapot and table symbolise the necessity to befriend the condition, and the throne reaffirms the almightiness of the skin. Through surrealistic explorations, the objects become the protagonists of their own stories, as shown in the comic strips of the Skin King and the accompanying texts.