Nursing

Nursing is a portrait of a young woman dressed in traditional clothing, surrounded by green grass while standing against a background of Romanian mountain peaks.
The woman is carrying a carcass of a slaughtered lamb.
The carcasses of the slaughtered animal is shown entirety without its skin.
The presence of animal carcass in these ‘stinging’ sweet shots reminds a touristic postcard, while simultaneously emphasizing the violent act of the killing.
The work presents carefully staged scene, which appears to be sweet and seductive in nature, while embodying opposing yet intertwined values of life and death.
The peacefulness of the lifeless animals epitomizes the fragility of the human existence and the temporality of life, as well as a sense of submission to a predetermined destiny and an acceptance of death.