We are Stardust

We are children of the stars - literally.
All the molecules that make up humans - in fact, the entire planet and everything on it - were created by an ancient exploding star, billions of years ago. This is expressed in astronomer Carl Sagan’s famous quote “We are all made of star stuff”, which is the inspiration for artist Bettina Forget’s latest series of works.

The lost woman
A mysterious silhouette appears over and over in the “We are Stardust” series - sometimes a shadowy tint, sometimes an outline filled with stars, and sometimes a silhouette-shaped hole cut right into the stretched canvas! It is the silouette of the (in)famous female aviator Amelia Earhart, who mysteriously disappeared during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Speculations abound regarding this “lost woman”, and Earhart has attained an iconic status in the worlds of aviation, science fiction and general pop culture. Bettina Forget uses her silhouette as a symbol for all humankind, for our impermanence, and our connection to the stars.