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Coloured pencils and soft pastels
71 x 101 cm
2025-2026
This drawing draws inspiration from 17th-century still life painting, where nature becomes a quiet stage for reflecting on time, transience, and mortality. In those works, life is often shown at the edge of disappearance, suspended in a fragile balance. Here, the animal hangs delicately between presence and absence, while the birds move around it with tentative lightness. Their flight suggests breath, continuity, and witness, contrasting with the weight and stillness of the suspended body. Life and death do not oppose each other; instead, they coexist in a silent dialogue. Rather than narrating a specific event, the image proposes a pause — a moment where time seems to slow, allowing contemplation. As in historical nature morte, the scene invites the viewer to reflect on impermanence, vulnerability, and the thin, almost invisible line that separates living from dying.
Coloured pencils and soft pastels
71 x 101 cm
2025-2026
This drawing draws inspiration from 17th-century still life painting, where nature becomes a quiet stage for reflecting on time, transience, and mortality. In those works, life is often shown at the edge of disappearance, suspended in a fragile balance. Here, the animal hangs delicately between presence and absence, while the birds move around it with tentative lightness. Their flight suggests breath, continuity, and witness, contrasting with the weight and stillness of the suspended body. Life and death do not oppose each other; instead, they coexist in a silent dialogue. Rather than narrating a specific event, the image proposes a pause — a moment where time seems to slow, allowing contemplation. As in historical nature morte, the scene invites the viewer to reflect on impermanence, vulnerability, and the thin, almost invisible line that separates living from dying.