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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 31.5x39.4in
About this artwork
The moment just before the jump – tense muscles, straight eyes, everything on alert. "Flight Tendency II" shows no movement, but rather the pure potential for it.
The animal, a hare, is not idealized, but realistic and psychologically readable: the gaze is fixedly directed forward, the ears are listening, the body is already harnessed like a bow.
The background is dark and empty—no room for escape, only focus. The "tendency" in the title refers… to the unspoken: what is about to happen. What could erupt at any moment.
"Flight Tendency II" is part of a series that explores animal body intelligence—flight not as a narrative, but as a state. It's about danger, but also about presence. About a form of clarity that comes from instinct.
The animal, a hare, is not idealized, but realistic and psychologically readable: the gaze is fixedly directed forward, the ears are listening, the body is already harnessed like a bow.
The background is dark and empty—no room for escape, only focus. The "tendency" in the title refers… to the unspoken: what is about to happen. What could erupt at any moment.
"Flight Tendency II" is part of a series that explores animal body intelligence—flight not as a narrative, but as a state. It's about danger, but also about presence. About a form of clarity that comes from instinct.
Friederike Toeppe
Germany
Credentials
- Works on commission
Friederike Toeppe, a visual artist, draws, paints, and creates textile art. Her technique varies between detailed, figurative oil painting and handcrafted textile sculptures, playing with the tension between realism and symbolism. Her themes include the web of relationships between humans and animals, nature, vulnerability, and power. Her works stimulate reflection and invite us to consider our relationship with nature and society.