Diptych: 2004; 2 x 160 x 80 cm

Acrylic-based pigments on canvas, 23 carat gold, relief;

Illumination torso: height 245 cm, width 65 cm,

Acrylic-based pigments on MDF, 23 carat gold

Manufactured in friendly collaboration with the carpenter Vadims Akulows, managing director of the Lignum Art carpentry shop, Bielefeld

here is a 60 watt fluorescent tube in the torso. Four 20 watt lamps illuminate the 23 carat gold-plated horns from the front and back, so 2 x 2 = four lights shine diagonally upwards. Instead of the white circle in the middle, which symbolizes the sun disk in the Egyptian original, I integrated a plasma disk whose flashing energy discharges can be switched.

They discharge automatically or in the rhythm of the surrounding acoustics (?). The entire power supply can be operated using a foot switch. Corresponding to the diptych, the white painted fields in the torso are sawn out to allow light to pass through. I closed these openings with white natural silk. The foot part of the torso is weighted so that a "normal little bump" has no consequences. The horns and the plasma disk can be separated from the torso for transport purposes.

And if you ask me... Yes!, the cable can also be wound up! :-)

And the highlight is: By changing or rotating the two elements, different variations of the painting composition are possible