#519 Wheel Of Desire

My works are cast in oak panels using standard wall filler.

“A body has the property of being able to be seen, poorly seen.
People think of it as a bubble of air, a bag of skin. Here, one is dealing with a support, a figure (of the imaginary), with a material that I posit as real.”

Jacques Lacan, Lecture on the Body

Reality, as it is beyond language, is hidden from us. But just as when the invisible man has paint thrown over him and suddenly appears in front of us, we can perceive reality with the help of language. Language covers the raw, unmediated matter and makes it understandable. At the same time, it hides our inability to see, reach and directly participate in the innermost core of existence. In this way, we recognise a deficiency in our perception of the world around us, which creates a lack–something is missing. This lack is what propels humanity. To explore, penetrate, investigate, conquer, surrender, immerse and invest in. To love. But it’s never enough. We are always on the outside. It’s the primordial, inevitable and everlasting wheel of desire.