Iris Kivisalu

The Tale of Matias

Tale of Matias observes a very intimate and loving relationship between a man, his physical body and spiritual self. Yet as an everlasting battlefield between gaining independence from others and accepting the fact of being dependent.

“I explore the perceptive concept of physical male image. When the standard is to be constantly seen as the strong sex both physically and mentally highly contradicts with the realistic need to be accepted as fragile or vulnerable, it creates a deep inner turmoil of identity. The Tale of Matias observes a very intimate and loving relationship between a man, his physical body and spiritual self. Yet as an everlasting battlefield between gaining independence from others and accepting the fact of being dependent.”

The Tale of Matias series image by Iris Kivisalu
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