Mr., 2004 Wire, confetti, black varnish shown at the exhibition "Drievierde", Laeken, June 2004 and at "Archipel", BOAZ, Brussels, June 2005 This installation rests on the principle of recognition/alienation. The titel suggests that this work is some kind of a portrait. And indeed there seems to be the slight presence of something like a "gaze" in these wire-sculptures. But at the same time organical, uteral forms can be recognized aswell, which leads to simoultaneausly searching and loosing a point of reference. This installtion can be seen as a three-dimensional Rorchach image. Or better, as the vulgarised version of all the cliches that are associated with it. Another aspect in these kind of "wire-works" is their dualistical nature. I like the idea that it is possible to fill up a space, only by using thin wire. Just by bending and hanging this almost two-dimensional wire, it is still possible to create a volume and turning the term of "space" into a concrete thing. Mister (wire drawing), 2004 |