Dirk
Skreber
Untitled
2002 Foam and tape on wood
250 x 150cm |
Untitled
presents a conflict between presence and absence. Lines cut
in relief through a sensuous layer of foam play ‘peepshow',
suggesting the outline of a sultry tattoo motif. Referring
to the voyeuristic act of looking through blinds or the low
quality transmission of video footage, Skreber distances the
viewer from an intimate reading. Instead, the familiar emblems
of sexuality and kitsch simply become a problem of design.
Seductive only in the materials of its making, the image floats
intangibly between foreground and back. Skreber paints desire
neutralised in a nowhere space. |