Pygmalion’s Prize

Inspired by the classical myth of Pygmalion, this series examines the relationship between desire, representation, and the idealised body. Through staged photographic constructions, the work reflects on the impulse to create, control, and perfect images of beauty.

The figures appear simultaneously objectified and animated, echoing the mythological narrative in which an artist’s creation becomes the object of his own desire. This tension produces images that feel poised between life and artifice, evoking the uncanny boundary between the human and the constructed.

Through references to classical mythology, art history, and contemporary visual culture, the series reflects on how ideals of beauty continue to shape the ways bodies are represented and valued.