Semana Santa/Cloning Eve and Geisha

This narrative takes place in Venice, Italy. A live cloned mouse, computer mice and a keyboard in the painting symbolize high tech culture while a priest represents historical and ethical viewpoints in the US. The US Congress recently had a series of intense debates on whether or not cloning a human being is morally or scientifically acceptable.

Here, cloned Eves, cloned geisha, and cloned samurai are seen visiting Venice. The samurai are Japanese people who have had facial and body surgeries to become a western man and woman. They abandoned their samurai faces and wanted to be western. They not only had facial surgery, but also changed their entire bodies.

Semana Santa / Cloning Eve and Geisha, 2003, Oil on canvas framed, 89-1/4" x 175-1/16"
San Jose Art Museum Collection, San Jose, CA, USA