The Puppet Master

“The Puppet Master” is a dark, theatrical, and philosophically charged collection. Each etching unfolds like a scene from a surreal puppet theatre, where the roles are assigned by an unseen and merciless hand. This is a visual metaphor for power, dependence, and the illusion of control — a meditation on humanity as a theatre of masks and archetypes.

The artist blends the visual language of Renaissance engraving with the grotesque elegance of carnival tradition. Threads, strings, and marionette crosses run through the compositions like veins of fate, entangling jesters, courtiers, lovers, and phantoms. The line between puppet and puppeteer is blurred; identity fractures under the weight of performance.

Viewers are not merely observers — they are implicated, entangled in the web of glances, gestures, and invisible mechanisms. The series invites you to question: who holds the strings — and are they really in control?