DEEN
02 — a kind of story

a couple’s
tale.

2022 · fourteen works in four groups

How much visual information does it take to grasp human relationships?

01 · a good time together
Two people dressed in black stand side by side on white; the smaller one looks up at the taller.
Two figures in black lean towards each other in quick, blurred movement on a white background.
A person dressed in black holds another up in their arms against a white background.

Just a few gestures, the way bodies lean toward each other, the way hands or shoulders touch or move apart, can say more than words.

If we leave out the facial expressions, the smile, the frown, the eye contact, a palpable bond remains nonetheless – a quiet, almost tangible communication between two people.

02 · disagreements
A figure in black reaches an arm out towards a person in a black dress, white background.
Two people in black stand close together, touching, cut off by the right edge of the frame.
A figure in black raises a hand while a person in a black dress walks forward beside them, white ground.
Cropped head and shoulder of a curly-haired person in front, a second figure small and blurred behind.

These photographs reduce the interaction to the essential.

03 · getting closer
One person in black sits leaning back on the floor while a second stands some way off, white ground.
Two people dressed in black crouch and sit facing each other on a white ground.
Two people in black stand facing each other, holding hands, against white.
Two people in black stand in a close embrace, one looking up at the other, on white.

Their clarity and restraint recall Japanese drawings, classic black-and-white graphics.

Time and place lose their meaning; the couple becomes a universal encounter, a quiet dialogue that remains understandable across culture, space and history.

04 · looking forward
Two people in black reach out with extended arms to join hands, white background.
Two people dressed in black merge into one blurred shape in a tight embrace, white ground.
Two people in black stand side by side, blurred so their direction is unclear, on white.

Every posture, every line of their interplay carries a meaning that the viewer grasps intuitively – and which still leaves room for one's own associations and feelings.

2022 · 14 works · 30 × 40 cm eachFineArt print on Hahnemühle Albrecht DürerShadow-gap frameEdition 20 + 2Price: €450 each, incl. VAT
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A woman in a long black dress, seen from behind, walks along a path with a dog; both are blurred by motion.

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