In these works the artist was inspired by the story of Joseph and his brothers,
in which the robe of Joseph is exhibited by his brothers as a proof of his death."
A series took shape, dedicated to the representation of the garment,
which the artist designates as "little bodies," for him a representation
of the bodily envelope, stamped by individual fate and marked by each
individuals experience of life.
In the shape of a somewhat biblical garment with spread-out sleeves,
the "little bodies" hang loosely in space, their three-dimensionality barely apparent.
The interpretations are varied: some are small, childlike "bodies,"
delicate and transparent; larger ones, less translucent, in which the internal structure
remains hidden; and those that disclose cloudlike shadows, as of dried blood.
But, in all versions, the light catching the finely whetted, nearly transparent borders
lends the "little bodies" a discreetly shining aura.
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