Natural hair through the glass
This work explores the decontextualization of hair through the isolated image of the wig. By removing hair from the body it belongs to, the piece transforms it into an autonomous form, detached from personal identity yet still charged with cultural meaning.
The mullet haircut, widely worn among Basque youth, becomes a central reference point. Its visibility increased significantly through photographs of political prisoners, which contributed to its strong association with the visual and social identity of the Basque Country. In this way, the hairstyle is not neutral; it carries layers of history, politics, and collective memory.
By extracting the hairstyle from the individual, these pieces shift the focus from person to sign. The absence of the body allows the hair to operate as a fragmentary portrait—one that invites the viewer to imagine figures, identities, and narratives from a single visual element.
In doing so, the work questions how identity is constructed and recognized, and how something as seemingly simple as a haircut can function as a coded surface for cultural, political, and emotional projections.