This painting originates from the image of a dog’s amputated tail, but through the process of painting
the source gradually becomes unstable. The composition oscillates between a wounded animal seen
from behind and what resembles a face with a stitched-shut mouth. This ambiguity shifts attention
away from the specific subject toward a broader reflection on vulnerability and the body’s capacity to
carry traces of injury.
The stitched seam functions as both evidence of violence and an attempt at repair. Rather than
presenting the wound as a single traumatic event, the painting focuses on the uneasy space between
damage and healing, where the body is altered yet continues to exist. The surgical intervention leaves
a visible mark that is at once physical and symbolic.
Soft transitions of paint contrast with the harshness of the incision, creating a tension between
tenderness and discomfort. The close cropping removes the body from a clear narrative context,
encouraging the viewer to confront its material presence directly. As familiar anatomical forms begin
to resemble a human face, the distinction between species becomes less important than a shared
condition of fragility.
The work explores how bodily marks can become carriers of emotional and existential experience,
suggesting that wounds are not only signs of suffering but also records of survival and transformation.

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