Vica IX Painting

This series is called VICA. All pieces in this series are closely linked, forming a unit in style as well as in form. Its subject is the harmony between body, drapery, and movement. I wanted to paint a series where the model gives the impression that she strips or dresses up, but the essence was not laid in nudity or sensuality. Therefore I painted poses that are not usual, and only some suggestive parts can be directly seen of the body, which is otherwise made visible by the carefully painted clothes. In the paintings I combined plasticity with flatness. I wanted to give them an unfinished appearence, in order to let the compositions breath. I left the background almost completely unpainted because the focus was on the model, the motion, the folds of the drapery. An important specificity of the series is that I used spare cloth scraps which were basically prepared by myself nailed to the wall. Later, when the canvas dries, this tensioned shape remains, making the composition more interesting. The painting’s harshness is in harmony with the presentation mode. So the canvas is not stretched to a frame simply nailed or hanged on the wall.