Claudia Aigner Marielis Seyler Claudia Aigner Marielis Seyler

The Human is a Trample Animal

A naked woman's body scantily covered with withered leaves, surely a sex crime, right? No, it's art but also not harmless and certainly not art that simply hangs decorously on the wall. The supposed crime scene photo, at the same time shocking and fascinating, inexorably cast its spell on me in a gallery not so long ago. It had itself lain in the open for a while defencelessly exposed to the weather and nature in turn strewn with earth and autumnal leaves, the picture (from the series Open-Air Pictures) trying to imbibe the image. …

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