Αbsence
The objective of this work was to capture the form of a thing after it has been used. The thing in question was bed linen which was treated like a prepared canvas for painting.
During the process of working this series of “paintings” I became aware of their sculptural qualities which led me to conceive these canvases as a “tabula rasa“ on which some human interaction has been imposed and left its mark in a series of wrinkles. The Absence of the human agent that created this wrinkled surfaces is counterbalanced with the somewhat frozen and abstract presence of its depiction.
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Oil on Fabric and Wood
925 x 120 / 925 x 125 / 900 x 110 / 900 x 120 cm (height x width)
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