Similar Not Similar, 2011

Installation, Painting, Mixed Media, Dimensions Variable 

This work engages with fundamental questions: Should humans be cloned? Is eugenics morally defensible? How should genetic information be protected? And what are the long-term impacts on cultural and racial diversity? Exploring the cycles of past, present, and future, the work situates these questions within reflections on human spirituality, time, and existence. It envisions time as a continuous flow, linking birth, life, and death, while connecting one temporal dimension with three spatial dimensions. In this non-religious sense, spirituality emerges from these cycles, framing a contemplation of the future in light of twentieth-century technological debates and contemporary genetic research. Each painted panel, displayed in a darkened space, depicts abstract, three-dimensional hybrid human forms, blending human, animal, and plant shapes through intricate dot patterns. The series invites viewers to confront the ethical, spiritual, and cultural questions raised by science, humanity, and time, offering a poetic engagement with these interwoven themes.