POST HUMAN From Madonna to the Queen , Swiss/Italian artist Saul Zanolari digitally twists the subjects of his portraits into artificial life forms making them “Post Human”. His work highlights the disconnection between inner identity and the exterior body especially in celebrity culture. He fears the worst for “Celebrity-kind” and that society’s shallow preoccupations with image are spiralling out of control.

Even though Saul Zanolari features numerous celebrities in his work, he is far from obsessed, just very curious about their seemingly odd behaviour. “Celebrities are just a particular type of people who live by their image. That’s interesting because it creates an echo, they become models for other people, the “archetype” of human beings”, says Zanolari who is a little horrified by the thought. His portraits have vacuous stares and a plastic, ironed-out veneer devoid of personality or life.