Break the gold chain that I gave U

My installatipn work "Break the Gold Chain That I Gave U"(2010) originated from a series of spontaneous sketches I made on small pieces of paper around the time I decided to establish Paris as my artistic base, following a period of international residency.

Balloons are often seen as symbols of freedom. However, in this work, the figures are paradoxically bound and restrained by these seemingly free-floating balloons. Even when released by an arrow, they fall from the sky. This narrative work explores the strange relationships that emerge from a body caught in a paradoxical and unstable condition. It also reflects my own sense of unease as an artist—bound, in a sense, by the very ideal of freedom.Yet the message is not tragic. On the contrary, the work hints at an open-ended situation filled with potential: moments of humor, serendipitous timing, and beautiful synchronicities.

The drawings were first shown in the group show Viimased Kehad (“Last Bodies,” curated by Kiwa Noid) at Vaal Gallery in Tartu, Estonia, in 2010, and exhibited and became collection of Joshibi Art Museum in Japan. They were later published as a self-produced artist book in a limited edition and sold at the Yvon Lambert Bookshop in Paris.