Passerelle
Pastel on Paper
6x8in
France
Dorine Knecht, fueled by a childhood love of drawing and oil painting, mainly uses oil pastel on paper. By superimposing colors, scratching and playing with opposites (full/empty, transparency/opacity), she creates a chaotic juxtaposition of poetic fragility. Melancholy separates his depictions of souls, forever limited by the boundaries of our bodies - a strong contrast to the solid architecture of his works. She plays with the idea of inhabiting her body like a house, mixing absence and presence to reveal the intimacy hidden behind our facades.