Evolutionary Structures

In my project "Evolutionary Structures", realised in collaboration with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, I addressed the question as to whether there exists in nature an underlying structure that has remain unchanged over millions upon millions of years. The founder of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, Buffon, worked from 1749 to 1788 on his "Histoire Naturelle", in which he proceeds from the assumption of a moule intérieur, a kind of inner mould, a structure equally innate to all natural forms. Large collages containing illustrations from encylopedias of natural history seek out this structure.
 

Horses   2000   pages, collage, acrylic, ink, gold pigment on canvas  295 cm x 200 cm

 
Evolution I    1997   pages, collage, acrylic, gold pigment on canvas   340 cm x 260 cm

 
Evolution II   1997   pages, collage, acrylic, gold pigment on canvas    340 cm x 260 cm

 
Evolution III    1997  pages, collage, acrylic, gold pigment on canvas    340 cm x 260 cm

 
Evolution IV    1997   pages, collage, acrylic, gold pigment on canvas  340 cm x 260 cm

 
Evolution V    1997   pages, collage, acrylic, ink, gold pigment on canvas   280 cm x 208 cm

Coral I    2002    pages, collage, acrylic, ink, gold pigment on canvas   180 cm x 141 cm

Coral II    2002    pages, collage, acrylic, ink, gold pigment on canvas    180 cm x 141 cm