Fleeting Parts

Cristallina Marble, MDF, Plaster, Dimensions variable, 2016

Photographs by the amazing Lisa-Marie Vlietstra and Alice Trimouille

Human body parts such as elbows, knees, hips and shoulders fit into the carefully cut openings in the marble slabs. The two elements - body and stone - form unified objects in stark contrast to each other. Body parts are abstracted and seem to become part of the material itself, blurring the boundary between subject and object.

The work speaks to the context of the artist's family tradition, which spans four generations and includes stone sculpture. As an untrained sculptor, the material of marble forces the artist to find her own approach and visual language within this personal context. The work Fleeting Parts reflects this exploration between tradition and her own visual approach, physically claiming space in the work. At the same time, the traditional approach of a stone sculpture is questioned and the boundaries of sculptural form are expanded.

Fleeting Parts emphasizes the presence and absence of the body and questions the state of a “complete” artwork. The artist considers the different states of the work, including the fusion of body and marble slabs and the slabs as autonomous objects, to be equally important and valuable. The work thus brings another layer of fluidity and dynamic interaction to the concept of sculpture.