Altar
Mariya Vasilyeva, 2018, AT, DE, UA, digital, 6'
Through digital manipulation, Vasilyeva transforms herself into an object that symbolises the social abuse of power. Her work brings to light how sexuality, religion and racial norms direct a view of the feminine gender. Altar is a collage inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s painting The Garden of Lust and consists of a pyramid of champagne glasses inhabited by several alienatingly identical clones of Vasilyeva herself. The figures are assembled with elements, sets, props, and quotes from pornographic films that have been digitally edited, abstracted and re-structured.
