Posted on September 23, 2024 
by arslohgo
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The ‘SEA’ (near the Dutch coast) combined with the technical object in the foreground represents the German meaning ‘Dichtkantenring’ of the English ‘SEAL’ and thus a fifth theme.
The background is a snapshot from the deck of the ferry Hull – Rotterdam just off the Dutch coast. The work shows another 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.