"In antiquity, the Greeks knew 27 terms for the word happiness"

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(Alexander Kluge)

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Louis Panizza reproduces himself in 27 woodblock figures for this diploma exhibition.

They form a mute resonance surface - hesitant, illusory and frozen into a backdrop.

They are built "likes"

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The work was created during the corona pandemic for a diploma exhibition without the public. For whom is this work created? Do the silent claqueurs applaud the artist alone as a means of self-empowerment?

Is this a narcissistic work? Or does the work satisfy the eye of the (missing) viewer, who is contemplated by the figures?