2025, stoneware vessel with glaze and stains, approx. 55 h x 32 dia.

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The Carnaval series reflects the current climate of instability, conveying anxiety and incredulousness at the performative, circus-like nature of modern life. The theatre of the macabre, with its grim and grotesque themes, serves as a metaphor for our current surreal existence. Shockwaves of the pandemic echo across the world as billionaires manipulate political systems and wars are waged against the innocent. The masses descend into poverty as the rich thrive, dictators dismantle democracies and bully peaceful nations. This series encapsulates the essence of this precariousness, highlighting mounting dread, oppression, and human fragility.