The Elephant (an intermission)

2018
Installation view

Courtesy of Sabrina Amrani Gallery, Madrid

The Elephant (an Intermission) addresses the fragmentation of truth in an era of pervasive image culture, where digital media and algorithm-driven content distort perception. Inspired by the parable of the blind men and the elephant, the work reflects on reality as a series of disjointed fragments, manipulated to shape beliefs and political sentiment.

Through thirty-one monochromatic paintings of an inverted elephant (Deaf Feet – December 1–31) and a composite porcelain sculpture, the project questions perception’s reliability and the frailty of individual perspectives. Invoking the Gestalt principle of Prägnanz, The Elephant (an Intermission) challenges the illusion of certainty in a world saturated with selective, ideologically-driven imagery, using art as a critical lens on the complex interplay between reality and representation.