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Symbolism

Soter (Greek, Latin: "Redeemer")
200 x 165cm, 1984

The central white figure symbolizes liberation and becoming one - reversal and enveloping of the female and the male.

The horizontal subdivisions in the back represent the 7 days of creation in the blue area, the 8th horizontal line in the white fivefold frame standing for the 8th day of creation—the coming of the redeemed world ( Hebrew: olam haba).

On the number 5: the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet is taw with the numerical value 400, the boundary of language equals the boundary of the world; accordingly, the dimensions of heaven are always rendered by values of "fives" in tradition ("Kabbala") Unity is added to "four".