Bark 4
Caroline Kennerson – Bic pen drawing on Japanese paper on bark – 54 x 15 x 17 cm – 2024
A mapping of the living, between nature and mystery.
Écorce 4 is a work where the plant is transformed into a sanctuary of memory. Caroline Kennerson transforms a fragment of bark into a sacred object, dressed in organic prints drawn with a ballpoint pen on delicate Japanese paper. Here, the artist explores the interstices between the infinitely large and the infinitely small, engraving on this textured surface patterns that sometimes evoke cells, sometimes distant constellations.
The dark and deep tones, ranging from brown to purplish black, amplify the impression of bark aged by time, while preserving the softness of the Japanese paper, almost translucent in places. The work immerses us in a play of contrasts: the rawness of nature and the refinement of the drawing.
This sculptural cylinder, open and hollow, becomes a sort of passage, a visual tunnel that encourages the eye to lose itself in its engraved details. Each line, each trace is a tribute to the invisible, to what silently structures plant and biological life.
A poetic and meditative object, where the artist invites reflection on the fragility of life and its mysteries, engraved in matter.
