{"title":"Archaeology of Myths","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:5694d7a9-ca5f-40ac-bd01-04e337abadce-3\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:5694d7a9-ca5f-40ac-bd01-04e337abadce-3\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:5694d7a9-ca5f-40ac-bd01-04e337abadce-3\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-8\" data-turn=\"assistant\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-conversation-screenshot-content=\"\" class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"034f8586-d722-447b-9ad3-42f483569fa6\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-6-thinking\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"aoj3ax\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"29\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3\" data-end=\"27\"\u003eArchaeology of Myths\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-section-id=\"wdviae\" data-start=\"30\" data-end=\"92\"\u003e\u003cspan role=\"text\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"34\" data-end=\"92\"\u003eAn artistic excavation through travel, memory, and magic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"94\" data-end=\"466\"\u003eI do not want to impose an excessively complex discourse on this collection, nor dress my work in deliberately conceptual language simply to make it appear more powerful. I prefer to let the images, colours, symbols, and details within each composition speak for themselves, allowing each person to approach the work through their own memory, sensitivity, and imagination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"878\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"492\"\u003eArchaeology of Myths\u003c\/strong\u003e was born from a profound fascination with places where architecture, imagery, and the sacred still seem to communicate with one another. The collection brings together references from ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt, Japan, and India not as a historical or geographical catalogue, but as a personal constellation of temples, deities, symbols, and rituals encountered throughout my travels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"880\" data-end=\"1179\"\u003eMany of these pieces remain, both literally and symbolically, in a process of excavation. Some have reached us incomplete, eroded, or separated from their original context. Through my work, I reconstruct and transform them, giving them a new presence within the visual universe of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1161\" data-end=\"1178\"\u003eKitsch \u0026amp; Huis\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1181\" data-end=\"1567\"\u003eBehind the intensity of the colours and the abundance of ornamentation, there is always research. Every figure, gesture, object, and incorporated element originates in my study of and fascination with art history. Nothing is included merely as decoration: each detail holds a reference, a memory, or a meaning that has been reinterpreted and adapted into a contemporary visual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1569\" data-end=\"1953\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eFor me, art history is not a static archive, but a living territory from which to create. Understanding what came before us allows us to recognise where our images originate, to question them, and to transform them. 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