I aimed to make painted objects: paintings that exist by themselves, as separate phenomena. These paintings represent a sensitive inquiry into the unique quality of their subjects as well as a painterly exercise along the fine line between the figurative and abstract. The "Animal Skins” sprang from my deep visual unconscious; they were painted without models, based purely on memories. Atavisms of functional objects and symbolic treasures, these objects embody the trophies and the furnishings of ancient interiors, and of human bodies past and present.
S K I N S
145×145 cm / oil on canvas / 1995 – Irokéz collection (H)
155×175 cm / oil on canvas / 1996 – private collection (H)
173×135 cm / oil on canvas / 1997
120×100 cm / oil on canvas / 1996 – private collection (H)
100×70 cm / oil on canvas / 1997 – private collection (H)
155×175 cm / oil on canvas / 1995 – private collection (H)
183×138 cm / oil on wood / 1996 – private collection (H)
150×150 cm / oil on canvas / 1996 – common collection (H)
38×33 cm / oil on canvas / 1997 – Irokéz collection (H)
180×150 cm / oil on canvas, wood / 1997
180×150 cm / oil on canvas, wood / 1997
180×150 cm / oil on canvas, wood / 1997
180×150 cm / oil on canvas, wood / 1997
~ 0.7m2 / oil, wax on sacking / 1998
~ 0.7m2 / oil, wax on sacking / 1998
~ 0.7m2 / oil, wax on sacking / 1998
151×106 cm / oil on canvas / 1996
~ 21×75 cm / mixed media / 1998 (disappeared)
~ 110×80 cm / oil, iron powder on sacking / 1998
110×58cm / oil on sacking / 1998 – Irokéz collection (H)