This series is an attempt at showing the loneliness of authority and the effects of power on a man.Power is such that it defines and shapes the world of our perceptions, so that a near-comical construction of cardboard, recycled paper, children's toys and magazine cutouts is transformed into a symbol of control and command by the word of the powerful.
This is a man purposeful and focused, but also a man alone, for power demands absolute devotion and allows no other in one's affections.
Composition with RefrigeratorArtist's Notes: The subject's alienation from the accoutrements of daily life. The hat focuses his attention on his work, denying him vision of the ordinary. He is separated from the rest of his environment. He works when the office is empty.
the Seduction
Artist's Notes: Power is not all responsibility and loneliness. It offers its own distractions and acquired pleasures.
the Face of Power
Artist's Notes: A face shaped and chiseled by the demands and pleasures of the subject's life.
the Madness
Artist's Notes: Turmoils lurk beneath the exterior. Beneath the cardboard box, visions writhe and flourish.
Suspicion
Artist's Notes: Always looking over his shoulder, the man of power must defend himself against those who would take his hat.
Inhuman
Artist's Notes: The man becomes the symbol. Humanity replaced by the shibboleth of its authority. We see the subject as his hat rather than as a human.
Resistance
Artist's Notes: Not always does he bow to his HAT, but the shadows it casts about his face foreshadow his dangerous fate.
the Other
Artist's Notes: Light cannot exist without dark, and power is meaningless without the presence of the powerless. Entwined in the hat are those who are subjugated.