Vanité sur Le Monde

This series of paintings on newspaper is a play on meaning, juxtaposing a news medium with a masterpiece of art history. The flow of current affairs, presented daily, is thus intercepted and questioned by an image that, having survived the passing of time, assumes a historical authority. The theme of vanities and still lifes in genre painting specifically addresses our powerlessness against passing time and the meaninglessness of human existence in the face of history or the divine. Furthermore, the disaster themes present in the history of art over the centuries are juxtaposed with mainstream news media. This juxtaposition challenges the nature of information presented to us, as well as its propagandist character and its more or less relative legitimacy.

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