Spray paint and acrylic on FIBC bag
55 x 55 x 60 cm
Based on the popular tv show "Hamtaro" I created the protagonist hamster using a worn out FIBC bag, giving new life to the worn-out readymade material and to the tv animation series. The bag is manufactured by a construction supply store with their logo and details visible on the sides. I believe and care about sustainability and animal rights and I am bringing awareness to the issue in ways I find amusing. Hamtaro, an anthropomorphized hamster, taught us how to behave while growing up, as part of the rapidly changing digital culture. While watching him on tv we simultaneously drifted away from our nature and nature in general, relating to Walter Benjamin's theory about the conflict of culture and nature. This work exists in the middle ground between sculpture and painting, a quality I often try to reach in my works. The work "stands" by itself material-wise and is full of air, something made out of nothing, a character.
Hamtaro (Tubul) - 2025 Touch Grass Installation
Spray paint and acrylic on FIBC bag and tarpaulin. Perspex and blue spot lights
200 x 55 x 200 cm