Removing her head from her body then wrapping her torso into itself represents a pathological dissection of the body from the mind. This leads to a degradation of the distinctive self, symbolized by a blank unseeing face. Additional fragments of self are scattered about, reduced perhaps to mere fetishes. About the Artist Hirsh is a practicing biophysicist, but he has also developed as a mathematical artist. He has developed a unique scheme for mathematical manipulation of color and space using software he writes himself exclusively. It has been fully operational for several years, allowing him to create a wide array of representational, impressionist, surreal and abstract images by manipulating digital images, initially always photographs, purely through the use of mathematics. One of the specialties that has emerged from his artistic odyssey is surreal exploration of the nude female form. more »