Susanne Starke’s sculptures refer to images from art history – by transforming parts of these images into three-dimensional material, thus making them real, she poses the question of whether image or even art depicts reality, or if these are merely constructions that through their assertion become authoritative perceptions of the world.
Demons and fable creatures also appear in her three-dimensional work. They are also formal or contextual references to art history and literature. The classical instruments of role-playing embody her own function in the work here: using masks and insignia she creates the props for a fictional play enacted according to her own rules. |
