Older Drawings
Transformations
Made from 1994 to 1999
These drawings date from the period when I started art school. They are series in which I experimented with different methods. Here they are shown together. When they are still in my possession, I want to subject them to transformation in an organic way, as described in the manifesto. In this way, I set these works in motion again: by reusing them, merging them, letting them blend together, drawing over them, using the back, or allowing the material itself to change.
2025 – Signature of a Rhinoceros
The drawing Rhino’s Revenge from 1995 formed the starting point: an explicitly rendered revenge scene in which a victim turns against its perpetrator.
This drawing was then combined with the oil painting You with Your Beauty, You Just Knocked Me Out (2006) and a canvas with the letters MAGA from the project Melting Goals.
Within the framework of Drawing in Motion, the oil painting and the drawing were mounted together on the drawing board. The drawing received additional coloring to merge more strongly with the board.
In the next step, the drawing was detached: the back reinforced with interfacing, the front with PVC. Folds were stitched over and the rhinoceros’s horn reappeared.
In this way, the new work Signature of a Rhinoceros emerged. A canvas with paint traces harmonized well with the drawing. The title refers to a ‘signature’ in the sense used for a serial killer: a recognizable, personal trace.
