| Fourth in the Genomic Works sequence, this canvas introduces a deliberate break in the series’ visual logic. Though titled
Nelson Mandela, the portrait band features a half-tone image of Adolf Hitler, sourced from a newspaper. The juxtaposition is intentional—and unsettling. It challenges the viewer to confront the dissonance between name and image, legacy and inheritance, morality and mutation.
The Tarot card, drawn at random, reinforces the theme of unpredictability. The shimmering genomic bands remain—abstract, unreadable, and chromatically rich. But in this canvas, the portrait band becomes a site of tension rather than resonance. It asks: What do we inherit that we do not choose? What histories live in our blood, even when we reject them?
Surrounding these elements are bands of pattern, color, and symbolic texture—representing the spectrum of human experience.
Nelson Mandela is not a tribute, nor a condemnation. It is a meditation on complexity, contradiction, and the uncomfortable truths embedded in lineage.
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