The title of the ‘Form’ series is based on an architectural perspective. Just as the outer skin of a building helps to determine how a piece of architecture presents itself, the human body is also approached as a spatial structure. The focus is not on the individual, but on the body as a form.

The body is shown only partially and approached in fragments. By omitting the head and zooming in on individual parts, the focus shifts from identity to physicality. Posture, tension, skin and volume become vehicles of expression, whilst the boundary between figuration and abstraction gradually blurs.

The works are composed of individual panels that together form a single image. Just as in an architectural structure, the underlying framework remains visible, so that the figure appears both as a coherent whole and as a composition of separate parts. The realistic depiction draws the eye to the image, whilst the unpredictable traces of fire and soot disrupt its legibility. This tension between precision and transience creates a subtle sense of disorientation. The body becomes at once tangible and elusive, familiar and strange, shifting the focus away from identity and towards the body’s spatial presence.

Materials:
Soot on white paper.

FORM I & IV: 180x105cm

FORM II & III: 140x105cm