painted resin
The shadow of the figure should be tightly bound to it. But this shadow has set itself free. The idea stems from an Ancient Egyptian funerary belief that the deceased’s shadow could leave the tomb.
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The figure appears on a threshold, undecided wether he should continue, whilst the shadow leads on a pathway that apparently has no obstacles through a doorway to another place and time.
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‘The Other Selves’ depicts the shadow as an immaterial alter ego of the casting figure, the two axes illustrating both the good and the dark side of the self.
Catalogue Number: 097
This work infers an ambiguity between shadow and reflection. The shadow is a projection of the person’s double, or, according to Jungian theory, ‘the dark side of the self’.
Catalogue Number: 098