Fotos: harmaheikens.nl
Harma Heikens lebensgrosse Skulpturen von Kindern wirken stellenweise schon irgendwie verstörend. (via)
Heikens says that these child figures are a reflection on the decorative paintings of sad-eyed children, mass-produced in the 1960s following Keane’s example. Rendering poverty aesthetic and sexualising the child’s body were at the time experienced as innocent. Placed by Heikens in a contemporary context, such images now call up a grim, post-apocalyptic reality. This must mean either that the world has deteriorated or that we ourselves, the viewers, have lost our innocence.
