Cari Gonzalez-Casanova Nymphoides Indica, 6 mn 25 s
Drawing on red carbon paper
54 X 42 cm
2025
Execution protocol
Cari Gonzalez-Casanova averts her eyes from the sheet of paper and the drawing hand to focus solely on the model — a flower, a plant — located diametrically opposite. The eye is forced to slowly scan every millimetre of the flower, oscillating between its contours and its full forms, so that it is impossible to take in the entire model at a single glance. The hand draws what the eye sees in a single stroke, without ever lifting the pencil from the paper.
This sheet of paper, covered with a carbon paper, prevents the artist from seeing the outline. This creates a direct kinesthetic connection between visual perception and manual execution. With its fragility and transparency reminiscent of road maps or Bible paper, therefore carbon paper bears the hollow imprint of the gesture.
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47.24 x 47.24 x 47.24 in ( 120 x 120 x 120 cm )
42.52 x 47.24 x 63.78 in ( 108 x 120 x 162 cm )
Variable dmension
Variable dmension
Variable dmension
Variable dmension
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25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )
25.59 x 19.69 in ( 65 x 50 cm )