Part of the "Whatever Hurts" series, this photograph by Zoltan Gerliczki presents a dense amalgamation of capsules and tablets meticulously arranged in a spherical form. The composition, floating above a deep black void, transforms ordinary medical objects into an almost planetary or biological structure. The work explores the contemporary relationship with medicalization and pain relief. By grouping hundreds of pills of different colors, shapes, and codes, Gerliczki creates a visual tension between the appealing aesthetics of the geometric form and the clinical reality the objects represent. It is a visual reflection on the human quest for well-being, dependence on pharmacology, and the fragility of the body, presenting medicine not only as a cure but as an architecture of survival.
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Whatever hurts with all kind of pills creates composition perfect sphere of pharmaceuticals that challenges our relationship with health. Archival pigment print from Whatever Hurts series. Available at The Art Design Project, Miami Beach.
Medicalization Photography - Whatever hurts with all kind of pills, 2021
Whatever hurts with all kind of pills, 2021
From Whatever Hurts Series
Archival Pigment print
Dimensions: 45 H x 45 W in.
Edition of 9 + 2AP
Unframed
Gerliczki was born in Nyíregyházain, Hungary in 1971 and he was raised in a Budapest orphanage during Hungary’s Communist regime. He is a filmmaker, painter, and computer artist who currently works as a graphic designer in Antwerp, London, Paris, and New York. As a graphic designer and post-production artist he has been involved with various publications including Elle Décor, House Beautiful, Zoo Magazine, Io Donna, Departures (US), Cosmopolitan (France), Paris Review, Travel & Leisure, and The Guardian UK, among others. Commercially, he has also been involved with Thierry Mugler, Christian Lacroix, Illy, and L’Artisan Parfumeur Paris, among others.
