Die lettische Künstlerin Aija Zarina arbeitet seit den 1980er-Jahren in den Bereichen Malerei, Objektkunst, Installationen und Land-Art – gelegentlich aber auch als Ausstatterin von Theaterproduktionen. Die vorliegende Arbeit – ein zweifarbiger Siebdruck aus dem Jahr 1999 – nimmt humorvoll Bezug auf berühmte Werke der Kunstgeschichte. Pablo Picasso ist genauso vertreten wie Luca Giordano und Diane Arbus.

„I am trying to figure out what it is that I personally have to do. I’m looking for the essence, I’m looking for my true make-up. I pay attention to what am I being shown. What am I being shown at this particular moment? I want to know what it is. Because it’s not a matter of chance. Nothing is in this world. We are perfectly designed systems. There are perfect laws at work. These are the things accessible to me, they are at my disposal. That’s my cognitive process. Painting is also a good way of talking to yourself. New stages of development are approaching, I have to do some work on myself. Machinery needs repairing. I have to move on to a higher level. The things that’s new for me is exactly the reason behind all the previous periods which were devoted to external struggles. It’s all about human values. If we don’t honour them, the external fights are superfluous.” (from the book AIJA, 2007, Blankenfeldes)