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Tattoo, 2023

Digitally printed silk from iPad drawing, plastic mesh, cardboard and polyester filling
30 x 25 x 4 cm
11 3/4 x 9 7/8 x 1 5/8 in
Tattoo began as a stream-of-consciousness drawing on the iPad — a doodle where each mark opened to another association, with no fixed destination. The resulting free-form composition suggested the chaotic...
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Tattoo began as a stream-of-consciousness drawing on the iPad — a doodle where each mark opened to another association, with no fixed destination. The resulting free-form composition suggested the chaotic accumulation of ideas, images, and symbols: orifices, fragments, half-formed figures.

The drawing was translated into a digital print on silk, a material chosen for its sensual sheen, evoking skin. Stretched and stitched into a padded, thigh-like form, the work resembles both flesh and tattooed surface. Red lines recall blood, while black marks echo ink. The result is a hybrid object: part doodle, part body, part garment — an unruly surface where chaos, desire, and imagination collide.

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