In „Jingle Bells“ kippt die vertraute Weihnachtsidylle ins Groteske. Weihnachtsmann, Rentier und verführerische Weihnachtsfigur verschmelzen zu einer absurden Inszenierung – Karikatur statt Besinnlichkeit, Fratze statt Idylle.
With biting humour, Jingle Bells dismantles the kitsch Christmas idyll. A grotesquely distorted Santa Claus and a monumental female figure turn familiar seasonal folklore into an absurd performance.
Situated between hyperrealism and comic imagery, the painting strips Christmas figures of sentimentality and exposes the commercialised festive idyll as a grotesque farce.
Oil on wood, 30 × 30 cm, unframed, 2015.
