Sexual Selection examines mate choice as a system of signaling through which identity, value, and social alignment are expressed. In this context, selection operates not only at a biological level, but within a network of cultural and symbolic frameworks.
The work frames attraction as structured rather than instinctual. Preferences reflect encoded signals—education, status, creativity, or disposition—that function as proxies for more fundamental traits. These signals are interpreted within a shared social field, where individual choices contribute to the reinforcement of collective norms.
What appears as personal preference is therefore positioned as relational and systemic. Selection becomes a mechanism through which identity is both expressed and shaped, linking individual desire to broader patterns of social organization.
The piece highlights the continuity between biological inheritance and cultural abstraction, where underlying drives persist but are translated into increasingly complex forms of representation.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This Giclée print is a limited edition of 7 copies printed on 300 gram Hahnemuhle fine art paper. Print size: 60 cm x 110 cm (23.6 X 43 inches) paper size: ~90 cm x 120 cm (~35 X 47 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 60 x 110cm
Paper Size: 90 x 120cm
Composition No.: 56
Sexual Selection examines mate choice as a system of signaling through which identity, value, and social alignment are expressed. In this context, selection operates not only at a biological level, but within a network of cultural and symbolic frameworks.
The work frames attraction as structured rather than instinctual. Preferences reflect encoded signals—education, status, creativity, or disposition—that function as proxies for more fundamental traits. These signals are interpreted within a shared social field, where individual choices contribute to the reinforcement of collective norms.
What appears as personal preference is therefore positioned as relational and systemic. Selection becomes a mechanism through which identity is both expressed and shaped, linking individual desire to broader patterns of social organization.
The piece highlights the continuity between biological inheritance and cultural abstraction, where underlying drives persist but are translated into increasingly complex forms of representation.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This Giclée print is a limited edition of 7 copies printed on 300 gram Hahnemuhle fine art paper. Print size: 60 cm x 110 cm (23.6 X 43 inches) paper size: ~90 cm x 120 cm (~35 X 47 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 60 x 110cm
Paper Size: 90 x 120cm
Composition No.: 56