Dolly Girl II

“Dolly Girl”

455 x 455 mm

Oil on canvas, 2023

“The serpent said to the woman, “You will never die. God knows that when you eat it, your eyes will open, and you will become like God, who knows good and evil.”

When the woman saw the tree, she thought it was good to eat, beautiful to the eye, and good for becoming smart, so she took the fruit and ate it, and gave it to her husband who was with her, so he ate it too. Then, their eyes opened, and they knew they were naked, so they spelled the fig leaves together and wrapped them around their waist.”

(Old Testament “Genesis” chapter 3 section 6)

From a biological point of view, it seems that humans lost body hair during the evolutionary process to regulate body temperature.

I think it's a ridiculous story that even though they are naked to regulate body temperature, they live wearing clothes to regulate body temperature.

For us modern people, clothing has both a “hiding” role and the character of “self-appeal” that comes from the act of dressing ourselves.

It also seems as if it's a somewhat contradictory feeling of wanting people to know about themselves even though they want to hide it.

The clothing as a motif is conscious of flatness that excludes shadows.

It expresses a sense of contradiction and incongruity that takes advantage of a single substance called clothing.