Figures

Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. – Nietzsche, On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense, 1873

Stencils are common aids for technical drawing. With a stencil, one can draw ‘perfect’ shapes, as opposed to free-hand ‘imperfect’ ones. They are also measuring instruments, often used in schools or arts and crafts, simple, ordinary tools for basic tasks. In this work, a collection of stencils are also used as ready-made compositions, each drawing renders all the shapes, or voids, within the stencil. They become hermetic self-contained abstractions while still evoking the visual language of explicative illustrations or diagrams.

Figures, graphite on Bristol card, each 25 x 32.5 cm, 2018 (the series currently includes 14 drawings)