Digital Collage on Fine Art Smooth Paper

70cm x 50cm / 27.5 inches x 19.6 inches (Unframed)

Year: 2024

Description:

The work continues a reflection on balance in a threshold space, yet relocates it into the realm of rhythm, repetition, and the tension between order and destabilization. The presence of an organic element—a bird balancing on a line—introduces the motif of life suspended between control and the loss of equilibrium.

Repeated planets, arranged in an almost perfect rhythm, calm the composition, building an impression of harmony and stability. Yet this calm is only apparent. An excess of control, sterility, and formal perfection reveals itself as an unsettling building material of reality—one most familiar from the language of the laboratory, science, and precision-based systems rather than lived experience.

The bird—symbol of the living element, movement, and sensitivity—functions as a counterpoint to the cold, geometric repetition. Its presence emphasizes the fragility of life within a system that strives for perfection at the expense of relationship and tenderness.

“Juggling The Expanse” portrays the tension between life and ideal order, between balance and its constant threat. It is a meditation on a world that captivates with structure yet remains impenetrable—and on a being that attempts to endure within it, balancing on the edge of existence.

Availability: Available (Both framed and unframed options)

Verso: Signed by the artist.