The subculture, whether contemporary or past, gives the opportunity to remove yourself from the common world and immerge into a society that suits your needs better. The subculture can be everything from the urban underground-life in the mega-cities of today to the secret life of the aristocratic society of old Europe.

My work introduces the concept of subculture into a personal mythology both visually and thematically. A mythology based on a decadent and deteriorating world, in which I treat the ceremonies and extravaganza of the nobility and bourgeois-society of Old Europe.

I wish to tell this through an aesthetic inspired by the sexualised cuteness you find in Japan and the masters of late 18th century painting such as Watteau and Boucher. By introducing a shiny surface or luxurious materials I use the Wagnerian trick of seduction to lure the viewer to accept the tangy content. To me kitsch is a source to sample from rather than to react against. Through the means of kitsch I wish to create scenarios and sculptures in the twilight between the honest and the ironic. The work often take the shape of an interior installation, a scenery of seemingly authentical objects put together of components to give the impression of being taken from a place of historic and cultural origin slightly off-track of our own time. This iea can take the shape of installations, paintings and sculptures.

The element of the handmade object is important in the work. It gives it a tactile quality as well as carrying the personal touch from the artist. The quality also links it back to an old tradition of craftsmanship that ties the pieces into a historical tradition centred around the object as something precious. Materials such as brocade, golden ribbons and fur and indulging into the detail-making of the objects, gives the illusion of being made for a distinct purpose, but without providing the answer to this.