DRAW is a three-part linocut series rooted in my experience of coming out at 30. It does not recount the events that followed or turn them into a story of fear overcome. Instead, the series returns to the period before the outcome was known, when concealment had become unbearable but visibility still felt dangerous.
The series unfolds through three images: Break, Contested and Reach. Together, they move from pressure to confrontation and, finally, towards contact. They do not illustrate a linear transformation from a false self into a true one. Each figure belongs to the same person. What changes is the relationship between them.
DRAW
BREAK
In Break, a male body presses against two walls that are never shown.
Their absence is deliberate. From my perspective today, I know that these barriers were not physical. They were built from expectation, imagined consequences and the fear of losing the life I already knew. For the figure in the image, however, they are entirely real.
His body is caught between resistance and movement. He pushes against the space around him with all his strength, although he cannot yet see what lies beyond it.
Break captures the point at which remaining still is no longer possible. The rupture does not occur because fear has disappeared. It occurs because fear is no longer enough to hold the body in place.
CONTESTED
Contested turns that pressure inward.
Two male figures are locked in combat. They appear evenly matched. One is dominant in the captured moment, but the balance could change at any time. There is no clear victor and no final resolution.
The open hand of the dominant figure introduces a moment of hesitation. The struggle may be continuing, but its nature has begun to change. Perhaps one side is beginning to understand that the conflict cannot be resolved through the destruction of the other.
Contested holds this tension without settling it.
REACH
In Reach, the struggle has stopped.
Two figures float in an undefined space, separated by only one millimeter. Their fingertips almost meet. It is not an embrace and not yet a reconciliation. It is a tentative attempt to establish contact.
One figure carries the life that already exists, together with its habits, defences and fears. The other suggests a future that has begun to emerge but has not yet acquired a stable form.
Neither figure stands on solid ground. After a rupture, a new identity does not appear fully formed. The old structures may have weakened, but the new life is not yet familiar.
The figures are close enough to recognize one another and perhaps to begin creating something together.
COLLECTOR CIRCLE FIRST ACCESS
Before the series is released publicly, members of the Collector Circle have the first opportunity to acquire one of the works.
Two-layer linocut on paper
Paper size: 70 × 100 cm
Image size: 60 × 80 cm
Edition of 10 per work
CHF 500 (EUR 535) per print (Shipping not included)
To enquire about a work, simply contact me directly.