ILLNESS

Apocalyptic Horsemen Series

The Four Horsemen series addresses global crises and translates them into material, symbolism and craftsmanship.
This gives the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse a frighteningly contemporary form, mirroring our times of disease, war, famine and death.

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Illness
This ring is made of white ceramic – filled with fragments of latex gloves in blue, white and black.
Sterile, cold, fractured.
It grew out of my own biography as a nurse and the experiences of the Covid years.
It symbolizes disease as the harbinger of death: weakness, isolation, and the profound sense of helplessness.
Not a piece of jewelry, but a wearable reminder.

White marble-like ring sculpture symbolizing Illness, with a polished ceramnic core and smooth minimalist surface containing medical gloves.

Illness (2025)

Work details

Illness (2025), Four Horsemen Series. White ceramic ring with fragments of latex gloves in blue, white, black.

🇩🇪 Detailansicht: Latexhandschuh-Fragmente in Blau, Weiß und Schwarz, eingebettet in Keramik. 🇫🇷 Détail : fragments de gants en latex bleus, blancs et noirs, incrustés dans la céramique. 🇬🇧 Close-up: fragments of latex gloves in blue, white and black, embedded in ceramic.

Illness (2025)

Concept

Sterile, cold, broken – a portable memorial. Created from experiences during the Covid period; illness as a harbinger of powerlessness and isolation.

🇩🇪 Ring aus weißer Keramik, gefüllt mit Fragmenten von Latexhandschuhen, Teil der Serie „Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Illness“ von Artinrings. 🇫🇷 Bague en céramique blanche, remplie de fragments de gants en latex, série « Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Illness » par Artinrings. 🇬🇧 White ceramic ring filled with fragments of latex gloves, part of the “Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse – Illness” series by Artinrings.

Illness (2025)

Context / Status

Part of the series “Four Horsemen.”
Submitted to the Luxembourg Art Prize 2025, the Arte Laguna Prize 2026 (Venice), the Loewe Craft Prize 2026, and the Society of Canadian Artists – International Online Juried Exhibition 2026.

Not for sale.

Private collection.

To Arte Laguna 2026