Let Me See You I., 2021

Manon Steyaert

Silicone and pigment

40 x 60 cm

Manon Steyaert uses sculptural materials, silicon, and latex, to construct new realities. Her artworks blend boundaries between painting and sculpture. Moreover, the organic curves, made from artificial materials, further emphasise this idea; as they drape into space, they interact with our reality. The pastel colours transform into areas of highlights and shadows, resulting in playful contrast. We are invited to play with their plasticity, walk around them, and experience them from different perspectives as they change in front of our eyes with every step. The individual layers overlap but still hold a cohesive shape. Steyaert breaks barriers between painting and sculpture, the physical and emotional, and most of all, between realities.