Posted on September 23, 2024 
by arslohgo
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The ‘SEA’ (near the Dutch coast) plus the letter ‘L’ specify the creature shown in the bottom left-hand corner of the picture, which is called a ‘Robbe’ or ‘Seehund’ in German, one of varous different German meanings for the English word ‘seal’.
The background is a snapshot from the deck of the ferry Hull – Rotterdam just off the Dutch coast. The work shows a variation of the ‘Under Seal’ theme and belongs to the SEA series. The SEA series explores the theme of “SEA” on three levels: visual, written, and sound.
[A] The combination of the background of the picture (the sky) and another visual object may evoke an (English) term that is ambiguous in German and thus “calls up a second theme”.
[B] In addition, this combination may result in a new subject or an invented word through an equally pronounced but differently spelled word combination, as well as through a differently pronounced but equally spelled word.
[C] Sometimes it is the title of the work that reveals the background and thematic association of the image.
[D] And in the one or other case it is just a modified photograph.