Offerings to Asklepios; paintings.
These paintings put the body, both human and animal, in the position of subject; pointing to common existential experiences of bare life. Individual moments are stripped down, shaken loose from their context and the visual language that has historically defined them. Through isolation and abstraction, painted subjects are treated as icons and become allegorical. This distance creates a space for contemplation; a push toward empathy, dialogue, thought, and action.
The title of this series refers to Asklepios, the ancient Greek god of medicine, patron of doctors.
