Heaven Hell and Science

2014, Wall Sculpture
H/W/D = 24/34/3,5 cm, fired manganese clay, oil paint

Jona

2014, Wall Sculpture
H/W/D = 29/35/4 cm, fired manganese clay, oil paint

Holy Trinity III : 1+1+1=1

2012, Wall Sculpture
H/W/D = 27,5/34/4 cm, fired manganese clay, oil paint

Holy Trinity II : Light

2011, Digital collage
Lightbox, H/W/D = 70/300/10 cm

Holy Trinity: God

2003, Installation
H/W/D = 226/78/78 cm, plywood boards, digital print, mirror, light bulbs

Holy Trinity: Son (A Helper-in-Need/Superman)

2002, 9 wall reliefs
H/W/D = max each 35/35/6,5 cm, fired clay, partly applied with transfer foil

Holy Trinity: Holy Ghost

2003, Installation
Pigeon spikes, gold paint

14 Helpers-in-Need

2003, Installation, 14 pieces
wooden pedestals, acrylic glass cylinders, loudspeakers, ceramic elements, artificial blood

14 figurines of saints crown 14 acrylic glass vessels filled with artificial blood. Underneath, hidden in the wooden pedestals, loudspeakers perodically generate heartbeats, which makes the blood of the saints pulse. Each saint is represented in a way that refers to his (or her) life and conforms with Catholic iconography.

The installation addresses the worship of the Helpers-in-Need, which arose in the area around Regensburg during 14th century, amidst the threat of the Black Death. The martyrs were entrusted with special "areas of responsibility" and therefore they became helpers in case of disease, such as St Blaise for sore throats or ulcers.

About 800 churches were dedicated in the late Middle ages to the 14 main Auxiliary Saints, called "14 Helpers-in-Need". Allowing for some regional differences, these are generally:

St Agathius, St Barbara, St Blaise, St Catherine of Alexandria , St Christopher, St Cyriacus, St Denis, St Erasmus (St Elmo), St Eustace, St George, St Giles, St Margaret the Virgin, St Pantaleon and St Vitus.

Virgines Capitales 2.0

2014, Installation, 3 pieces
H/Diam = each approx. 34/13 cm, fired clay, oil paint, partly plated with 24ct gold leaf, partly plated with silver leaf, acrylic glass cylinders, artificial blood

Margareta mit dem Wurm, Barbara mit ihrem Turm, Katharina mit dem Radl, das sind die heiligen drei Maden (German mnemonic verse, meaning: Saint Margaret with the dragon, Saint Barbara with the tower, Saint Catherine with the wheel, those are the Three Holy Maids)

2003, 3 sarcophagi
H/W/D = 27/35/13,5 cm each, fired clay, acrylic glass inserts, printed foil

This mnemonic folk verse helps one remember St Margaret, St Barbara and St Catherine, the three female saints in the group of the 14 Helpers-in-Need.

All three of them still live on in numerous folk traditions (Masses in mineshafts for St Barbara as patron saint for miners, putting branches into water so that they blossom on St Barbara's Day), although there is no historical evidence for their existence. For this reason they have been omitted from the Roman Catholic Holy Calendar since the Second Vatican Council of 1969.

So close to heaven: Lucifer

2006, 5-piece digital collage
Photo print, mounted behind acrylic glass (Diasec) shaped like an airplane window, H/W = 32/23cm each

Maria

2006, 5-piece digital collage
Photo print, mounted behind acrylic glass (Diasec) shaped like an airplane window, H/W = 32/23cm each