Trauma art#5: Trauma Art and the Body 163- 185
The erasure and suppression by institutions like youth care and the police system especially targeted the body as means of psychological warfare. For the foster parents the body of a boy is the ultimate sin. The Dutch police told me a male adult body should be killed because and nobodybin society cares about killing men.
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167. "Symbols of Love
pastel on cardboard 70 x 100 cm
With Bimbam, Pietertje and Dombo (with help of Alex)
176. Emasculated gæsten
Collage 50 x 65 cm 2022
Victory over foster care
I used my 63-year-old body as a canvas to reconstruct and reclaim the true self as a boy. Pastel and ink on paper 2025 30 x 40 cm
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2025
2024 TURN YOURSELF INTO A BOY
Pastel on paper 20 x 30 cm 2022