Beneath the Fold Painting

Until recently, the idea that evolution is predetermined was generally accepted and acknowledged. It is an old concept that appears in the time of Aristotle and was nuanced under the impulse of the Enlightment, namely Leibniz for whom the aim of evolution was no longer considered reachable, but could be its guiding line. The world could be understood as being constantly moving as well as being structured. This is what philosopher Gilles Deleuze describes as “le pli” (‘the fold’). The study of random motion as well as recent discoveries in quantum physics, seem to cast doubt on this concept of the finality of evolution. This is hardly intelligible for the non-experts that we are, but the actual climate crisis, particularly the highly erratic events and happenings, leads us to concretely understand the rising unpredictability of any evolution. Through a baroque inspired allegory of a fluid landscape in full mutation, Denis van Baren intends to represent the dilution, the spreading of elements in a rather complex and unpredictable world, a world that reinvents itself constantly and which holds no limits.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:39.4 W x 27.6 H x 0.8 D in

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