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Untitled, 2016
Title
Untitled
Materials
oil and acrylic on canvas
Dimensions
200 x 100 x 5 cm
Year
2015
This painting operates as a dense field of simultaneous actions. Instead of a single scene, it presents multiple situations unfolding at once, where figures, objects, and fragments of architecture collide and overlap without a fixed hierarchy.
The composition is split by a central axis, but rather than dividing the image, it acts as a hinge. Both sides mirror and distort each other, creating a continuous flow where elements migrate, transform, and reappear in altered forms. Bodies stretch, merge with structures, and dissolve into patterns, suggesting a constant state of transition.
There is a strong tension between control and excess. Precise lines coexist with spills, drips, and abrupt color shifts. The surface accumulates decisions, corrections, and interruptions, allowing the painting to remain open and unstable.
This work reflects an ongoing interest in constructing images as systems rather than representations. What matters is not what each element is, but how it connects to others. The image behaves like an environment where different layers of information coexist, overlap, and compete.
Seen in relation to earlier pieces, the fragmentation of the body and the merging with space become more explicit here. Compared to later work, this painting still holds everything within the canvas, but the logic is already expanding toward more complex, interconnected structures.
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