Micaela Mau

Lacrimae Rerum

The idea that a statue could be so lifelike as to seem alive or, as in the myth of Pygmalion, be actually infused with life, has always been fascinating to the human mind. This portrait series of statues reflects on the human ability to see inanimate things for what they are, while at the same time perceiving a sparkle of life in them. Particular relevance is given to damaged statues, for their unsettling physical presence as well as their ability to represent the unrelenting passage of time.

Photographer

Micaela Mau

Micaela Mau (born in 1986) is a German-Italian artist. She has studied visual communication at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome and at the School of Visual Arts in New York as well as Foreign Languages and Literature at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre.
While studying and working abroad in Tokyo, Frankfurt and London she developed an interest in photography, fascinated by the ambiguous relationship between photographic image and reality.
She currently lives and works in Florence, Italy.

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