The exhibition is a collection of a cycle of recent works with the recurring theme of aristocratic virgins with nivea skin and elegant retro clothes.

Demis’ art is not one which revolves around identity - as his dolls are lacking identity – and does not even revolve around seriality. His works conduct the function of simulacra, idols that do not allude to a further meaning.

Baudrillard defines the simulacrum (eidolon) a “truth that hides the fact that it doesn’t have any". Demis speaks of his dolls as “intimate fixity, lacking a referent”.

The exhibition is on until 25th May 2011 at gallery GiaMaArt studio, via Iadonisi 14, 82038 Vituliano.

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