Unleashed in Montreal

Unleashed in Montreal unfolds between a fragmented face and a field of far-reaching movement. On the left, black, red and deep blue condense into a presence that is only partially visible. A blue eye and a red, slightly open mouth emerge from the layers of paint, while a pale diagonal trajectory cuts across both. The face is never resolved as a portrait; it forms within the painting and seems to dissolve back into it at the same moment.

Eye and mouth connect perception with expression. The gaze receives, while the mouth opens onto the possibility of voice and utterance. Both remain embedded in the dark paint matter, yet are caught by lines that lead beyond the face. What appears compressed and physically bound on the left opens towards the right into spirals, arcs and circulating trajectories. Blue, red and yellow gain space; inner density becomes a movement that extends beyond the individual figure.

The release does not take place outside the figure, but emerges from within it. Eye, mouth, line and colour become part of the same movement; the face opens into its surroundings until the boundary between body and pictorial space becomes unstable. Unleashed names this transition: the subject no longer appears as a closed form, but as a force spreading across the entire painting.