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The Barbarian presents a single hand defined by scale, weight, and potential force. Isolated from the body, it becomes less an anatomical detail and more a concentrated expression of power.
The work frames this power as latent rather than active. The hand is still, yet its form suggests capacity—grip, pressure, impact. What is shown is not an event, but the condition that precedes it: the presence of force without visible restraint.
This asymmetry extends beyond the figure itself. The hand implies a relational structure in which power is unevenly distributed, shaping how others must respond, anticipate, or adapt. The gesture does not need to act to define the space around it.
The piece isolates this condition as a broader principle: that dominance can exist as a persistent state, where the potential for action structures behavior even in its absence.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This photopolymer intaglio etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 6 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 7 cm x 9.2 cm (2.8 X 3.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 7 x 9,2cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 17
The Barbarian presents a single hand defined by scale, weight, and potential force. Isolated from the body, it becomes less an anatomical detail and more a concentrated expression of power.
The work frames this power as latent rather than active. The hand is still, yet its form suggests capacity—grip, pressure, impact. What is shown is not an event, but the condition that precedes it: the presence of force without visible restraint.
This asymmetry extends beyond the figure itself. The hand implies a relational structure in which power is unevenly distributed, shaping how others must respond, anticipate, or adapt. The gesture does not need to act to define the space around it.
The piece isolates this condition as a broader principle: that dominance can exist as a persistent state, where the potential for action structures behavior even in its absence.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This photopolymer intaglio etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 6 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 7 cm x 9.2 cm (2.8 X 3.6 inches) paper size: ~30 cm x 40 cm (~12 X 16 inches). Each print is numbered and signed and sold without a frame.
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Publication Date: September 4, 2025
Print Size: 7 x 9,2cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 17