QUO VADIS?

The series ‘Quo Vadis?’ or ‘The Ephemeral Nature of Frontiers’ has several levels of meaning.
I mostly use old maps whose borders are no longer valid today. This shows that national borders are not permanent and are constantly changing.
The series also raises the question of what constitutes a nation or a country. It is above all the people who live there and their culture. What they write, how they dress and how they shape their everyday lives.

"Cultural identity is not linear."
Oil, watercolour and a page from the Illustrated London News dated 22 July 1950 on plywood. Second level: Korean letter from 1983 on plywood.
34,9 x 24,5 cm
24. June 2025

"Coffee Togo."
Acrylic, watercolour and map of Togo from around 1905 on plywood.
24,9  x 16,1 cm
13. May 2025

"Finding my way with the moon."
Oil paint and antique map from 1927 on wood.
38,4 x 48,2 cm
23. October 2024