Bathsheba

’’ BATHSHEBA’’

2012

Multilevel drawing by engineering CADplatform software, pen on paper thermally combined with cardboard

65x100cm

Don’t mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.

A depiction that is both sensual and empathetic, it shows a moment from the Old Testament story in which King David sees Bathsheba bathing and, entranced, seduces and impregnates her. Later… In order to marry Bathsheba and conceal his sin, David sends her husband into battle and orders his generals to abandon him, leaving him to certain death.