more FLAWless
It protects us from the outside and surrounds us like a shield: SKIN.
Usually we don't even consciously think about the blessings this protective layer is giving us. But many people don't have that privilege. Because their skin is fractured by the gaze of others. Because the shape of their skin does not match the so-called "norm".
Then our outside hurts us on the inside.
Visual artist Anna-Lena Erb examines the experiences of anonymized people with atypical structures of skin. As viewers of the photographic pieces, our gaze is directed in unfamiliar closeness to details and to paralleled structures in nature. The reproduction of comments on the skin of the protagonists is intended to question our dealings with the "abnormal" and to enCOURAGE us to reshape our thoughts of judgment.
So that our appearance makes all of us feel good inside, regardless of the form - cherished by a non-judgmental gaze.
:: ANNA-LENA ERB ::
more FLAWless
It protects us from the outside and surrounds us like a shield: SKIN.
Usually we don't even consciously think about the blessings this protective layer is giving us. But many people don't have that privilege. Because their skin is fractured by the gaze of others. Because the shape of their skin does not match the so-called "norm".
Then our outside hurts us on the inside.
Visual artist Anna-Lena Erb examines the experiences of anonymized people with atypical structures of skin. As viewers of the photographic pieces, our gaze is directed in unfamiliar closeness to details and to paralleled structures in nature. The reproduction of comments on the skin of the protagonists is intended to question our dealings with the "abnormal" and to enCOURAGE us to reshape our thoughts of judgement.
So that our appearance makes all of us feel good inside, regardless of the form - cherished by a non-judgmental gaze.
:: ANNA-LENA ERB ::