The Pianist presents a pair of hands marked by use and deterioration. Their condition suggests a history of strain and exposure, where the body carries the imprint of lived experience.
The work frames the hands as a record rather than a symbol. Discoloration, asymmetry, and fragility register time and condition without explicit narration. What is shown is not an event, but its residue—retained within the structure of the body.
Despite this, the posture of the hands remains oriented toward function. Their positioning suggests continuity: a retained capacity for expression that persists beyond disruption. Form endures, even as it is altered.
The piece isolates this condition as a broader principle: that the body holds memory as structure, and that the capacity to create can persist within systems shaped by damage.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This intaglio and aquatint etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 5 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 9.8 cm x 15.1 cm (3.8 X 5.9 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: 9,8 x 15,1cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 20
The Pianist presents a pair of hands marked by use and deterioration. Their condition suggests a history of strain and exposure, where the body carries the imprint of lived experience.
The work frames the hands as a record rather than a symbol. Discoloration, asymmetry, and fragility register time and condition without explicit narration. What is shown is not an event, but its residue—retained within the structure of the body.
Despite this, the posture of the hands remains oriented toward function. Their positioning suggests continuity: a retained capacity for expression that persists beyond disruption. Form endures, even as it is altered.
The piece isolates this condition as a broader principle: that the body holds memory as structure, and that the capacity to create can persist within systems shaped by damage.
DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
This intaglio and aquatint etching is hand pulled in a limited edition of 5 copies on 300 gram Hahnemuller etching paper. Plate size: 9.8 cm x 15.1 cm (3.8 X 5.9 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: 9,8 x 15,1cm
Paper Size: 30 x 40cm
Composition No.: 20