Anthon Beeke: “Oliviero Toscani became famous with his photos for Benetton. Photos that had nothing to do with fashion, but everything with war, violence, the threat of AIDS and the despair of refugees. For example, he photographed the blood-soaked clothes of a fallen soldier in Bosnia. I copied that image and had the text embroidered on the original Benetton poster. This poster is about flirting with suffering. That’s what Homer did, Toscani did, and I do the same. ”
