I have cut and sawn out copper plates to make the indentation a meaningful embossing. This creates at the same time a fragmentary and an object-like printed image. The object-like quality combined with the lightness of the gray aquatints overrides the laws of gravity. In the paper surface, anything is possible, could be possible. Here, François Jullien’s idea of actual existence and allegedly presence comes into play. In the way an absence can enhance presence, a locked-up view can set free imagination.
VDT 2023, drypoint and line etching, 32 x 24,5 cm / 12.6 x 9.4 inches
VST 2022, drypoint, 32 x 24,5 cm / 12.6 x 9.4 inches
RDV 2023, drypoint and aquatint, 41 x 31 cm / 16 x 12 inches
PTR 2021, drypoint and aquatint, 32 x 24,5 cm / 12.6 x 9.4 inches
RDP 2023, drypoint and aquatint, 41 x 31 cm / 16 x 12 inches
FLB1 2022, drypoint, 41 x 31 cm / 16 x 12 inches
S-AL 2021, aquatint, 32 x 24,5 cm / 12.6 x 9.4 inches
FVH 2021, drypoint and aquatint, 41 x 31 cm / 16 x 12 inches
STB 2023, drypoint and aquatint, 41 x 31 cm / 16 x 12 inches
exhibition view of Fragil 2025 at KunstWerk Cologne: Christina Kirchinger
photos of the prints, including front page photos: Thomas Lomberg