“Germany has produced more than its share of brilliant dark artists in its ferocious history due in part to the Faustian Zeitgeist which once ruled it. In a world of artistic presumption where modern Europeans furiously scrub away at themselves to cleans a perceived guilt complex regarding the Germanic spirit, Miss Mantis brazenly celebrates that ancient Odic force and releases it in her images. One will not find moralistic concepts and religous narrative in her work, but rather a primordial purity and authenticity that once was the hallmark of her countrymen, but for now only exists in a young artist displaced by the vagaries of the Universe.”
Nyarlathotep Diabolus Rex, Chaos Imperium
“Laetitia Mantis is one of the few photographers that can truly, and not only, capture a moment, but show the mundane as exciting, and make color seem to explode from black and white photographs.”
Adel Souto
“Mrs Mantis is capable to show that the color black comes in many shades. Her artworks are often repulsive, yet fascinating and display images that shouldn’t exist. Some of the paintings made me feel guilty to watch, although they aren’t apparently graphic or extreme. It’s a crepuscular and imaginative way to redefine the word INTENSE.”
Marco Deplano, Wertham & Foresta Di Ferro
“Laetitia creates her own good fortune wherever she treads and if you happen to be in her company and favour, you too will find your own steps more propitious; possibilities will multiply, chance will become more amenable”
Stalin Caceres
“Ihre Arbeiten erscheinen zumeist düster-bedrückend und schwer greifbar. Die zusammengesetzten Alptraum-Kollagen zeigen Ausschnitte die sowohl an Menschliches, als auch an Tierisches erinnern. Und so präsentieren sich diese verzerrten Abbilder in einem unwirklichen Gewand der Illusion. Teils anormal verdrehte Glieder verrenken sich zu neuen Skulpturen. Insekten kriechen, lauern. (…) Das Auge erfasst was das Hirn nicht imstande ist zu greifen und so entsteht eine Form der Unruhe und Verständnislosigkeit welche wiederum Interesse weckt.”
Galerie theARTer
