The series explores the experiences of women in different stages of love. Each figure represents one step of the process: self-discovery, sensuality, submission, etc.  Everything acted out in the images is performed by non-individual characters, because we are not dealing with the precariousness of a personal situation. Rather the figures serve as a projection screen for the viewer's own feelings, fears, wishes, and desires. The empty faces are to be filled with an idea of self, in order to create a deeper connection between the painting and the beholder. The warm tones of the bodies stand in contrast to a cooler background of classical Van Dyck brown, so they are conjured up like in a vivid dream. The paintings serve as a ladder to a new level of reflection on life under the aspect of human bondage.

 - Gerhard Charles Rump

Fotos:
Ilya Rabinovich


Full Circle
Oil Paint
100x100cm

Lascivious
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x80cm

Nebulous
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x100cm

Somatic
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x150cm

Amor'phous
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x150cm
 

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Stories of the Amorphous Love