A photograph sealed under plexiglass and mounted (MDF), (63cm x 94.5cm)
Insurance value 2,000 Euros
This double-profile-portrait combines the image of a Spanish 25 peseta coin from 1957 and a cutting from a German magazine in 1994. On the left, into the cheek of General Franco’s face, a swastika has been carved. Opposite Francisco is the photographic image of Elke J. a disabled German teenager who claimed that skinheads had attacked her and scratched a swastika onto her cheek. The scarification turned out to be self-inflicted. In the press photo her identity has been protected; a black line covers her eyes making her appear anonymous or blinkered.
Jacob’s Ladder – a collection of works:
- Roman Svastika
- Tantric Snakes and Ladders
- Jacob’s Ladder – a Cybersexual Parable
- Franco and Elke J.
- Fashion Victim
- Barbie and Klaus
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Swastikas and Stars
- wrestlewithyourangel
- neonazi
- Blind Spot
- Red Hot Pokers
- Transcending the Ladder
- Jack the Ladder
Double Portraits – a collection of works:
- Hermes Insensed 2000 – 2001
- Franco and Elke J. 2002
- lesser is me more or less 2003
- Your Rules 2004
- or else 2007
- Du bist Einstein 2007
- doo bee doo 2007
- Artistic freedom 2013
Presentation
2002 Jacob’s Ladder (solo), Hochbunker Cologne-Ehrenfeld (9th Nov. 2002 Cologne’s Long Museum’s Night) (D)
2003 (8.5.) On the international artist database, the House of World cultures, Berlin (D) www.culturebase.net
2007 (23.3.) On the online Feminist Art Base: www.brooklynmuseum.org. The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, The Brooklyn Museum, New York (USA)
Publications & Press
2011 (9.5.) Presentation of the exhibition Jacob’s Ladder mentioned in the Veedel (Neighbourhood) Website: “Hochbunker Körnerstraße: Ein besonderer Ort für besondere Kunst” (The Above Ground Bunker in Koerner Street: A Special Place for Special Art), by Jürgen Brock-Mildenberger 4veedel.de/ Cologne (D)