” … ‘Exactly,’ all the noblemen agreed, though they could see nothing, for there was nothing to see. “
[Excerpt from “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen, 1837]
“Handabbeisser” (German for: “one who bites off hands“, from the term: ‘don’t bite the hand that feeds you‘) is a blog and functions as production diary, sketchbook/portfolio-notes, news page, with occasional interviews included.
It was started in 2012, originally to communicate with a group of homeless youth in Oregon during a collaborative long-term /long-distance interview /blind-photo project (“Each reflection of myself echoes a different emotion at me”).
It is deliberately written in casual language that every average person can understand and relate to, making an effort to avoid “art-lingo” that uses language as status symbol and to create diversion addressing intentionally exclusively a particularly educated audience or one that likes to appear as such. It has been since twice deleted for various reasons and occasionally restarted again.
life goes on (2005)
佐々木 禎子 Sasaki Sadako’s origami cranes (2005)
drawing by a man who drove his dead son home on the back of his bicycle (2005)
広島平和記念公園 Peace Memorial Park (2005)
nothing will ever grow here again (2005)
広島湾 Hiroshima Bay (2005)
広島湾 Hiroshima Bay night view (2005)
sushi aquarium (2005)
fat waiter (2005)
Bufallo Girl (2012)
Josiane Keller “Buffalo Girl” ink, walnut ink on paper (2012)
Per Gynt 5 (2005)
Josiane Keller “Per Gynt 5” tempera on paper (2005)
Per Gynt 4 (2005)
Josiane Keller “Per Gynt 4” tempera on paper (2005)
Per Gynt 3 (2005)
Josiane Keller “Per Gynt 3” tempera on paper (2005)
Per Gynt 2 (2005)
Josiane Keller “Per Gynt 2” tempera on paper (2005)
Per Gynt 1 (2005)
Josiane Keller “Per Gynt 1” tempera on paper (2005)
The Narcissist / The Narcissist 2 (2004)
In 1998 a professor once told me, “nobody changes, people just show their inner truth like peeling an onion”, I re
garden (2000)
Josiane Keller “garden” ink, tempera on paper (2000)