A pale sculptural hand holds the neck of a warm brown violin, posed against a muted blue background.
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Sculpture & Object Studies

Corporeal Aesthetics: Hand with Violin

The body holds a sound

Year
July 2022
Medium
Sculptural hand and violin
Size
50 × 60 cm

Sculptural hand and violin, 2022 — a musician’s gesture remains after the living performer and the sound have disappeared.

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Close view of a pale sculptural hand pressing the violin fingerboard.
Detailed view of the sculptural hand and its fingers resting on the violin strings.
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The violin and sculptural hand displayed upright on a working studio table.
Studio view
Installation view of the violin held by a sculptural hand beside a studio window.
Installation view

A sculptural hand rests on the fingerboard of a violin, holding the exact shape of a gesture without producing sound. The work separates bodily memory from the living performer: technique remains, while agency, touch, and music are suspended.

The hand becomes both prosthesis and portrait—an object that remembers an absent player.

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