Les Affinités Electives II Artwork

‘Les Affinités Electives II’ shows a couple holding each other by the back in an embrace that is at once distant and intimate, where we sense that the deconstructed elements of one body could be grafted onto the other. The title is a reference to a novel by Goethe, in which the writer attempts to lay the scientific foundations explaining human relationships. This work is part of a series of paintings devoted to transhumanism, a philosophy and project whose aim is to augment the human being and turn him or her into a kind of ultra-sophisticated machine that can be improved and repaired ad infinitum. The human figure tends to disappear behind technology, with every organ and every part of the body becoming like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that can be recombined ad infinitum. This mixed-media artwork on canvas combines photography, digital composition and acrylic paint (glazes and raised squares). It is a unique piece. It is framed in black wood (total dimensions: approx. 65 x 80 x 3.5 cm).