The “Touch” series takes the basic image of
hands as a metaphor to the human condition and various relationships
represented in the different positions and background of the hands.
The “Jewish
Stigmata” uses the visual metaphor of the Christian stigmata (bleeding wounds
in one’s hands in the height of religious exaltation, related to the crucifixion
of Jesus Christ) to point out a religious trend of zealousness and messianic
yearning, leading to extreme behavior in the name of religion. The visual
metaphor is the dripping blue, being a color associated with Jewish symbols.