Chaplet (a string of beads for counting prayers) is the representation of barbed wire imprinted directly onto the newspaper by the artist’s ngers dipped in ink. This line, with its unequivocal motive, is displayed in a strangely expressive manner. The multiple ngerprints give a striking feeling of the body’s strength, while the pattern is obviously a symbol of violence and coercion that prevents freedom for human beings. The aggressive form, with its peaks and its tension, is here violently linked to the tender and sensitive esh of the ngertips. At yet another level, this refers to the question of surveillance, such as biometric identi cation. Our contemporary societies are full of invisible barriers and increasingly insuperable restrictions, which have become in the past few years the new border guards, while most of the walls have collapsed or dream of doing so.
Chaplet (a string of beads for counting prayers) is the representation of barbed wire imprinted directly onto the newspaper by the artist’s ngers dipped in ink. This line, with its unequivocal motive, is displayed in a strangely expressive manner. The multiple ngerprints give a striking feeling of the body’s strength, while the pattern is obviously a symbol of violence and coercion that prevents freedom for human beings. The aggressive form, with its peaks and its tension, is here violently linked to the tender and sensitive esh of the ngertips. At yet another level, this refers to the question of surveillance, such as biometric identi cation. Our contemporary societies are full of invisible barriers and increasingly insuperable restrictions, which have become in the past few years the new border guards, while most of the walls have collapsed or dream of doing so.