VANTA - Tribunal -XI

VANTA
Tribunal
Charcoal, ink and pastel on canvas, varnished.

VANTA is name; keep.

这些人物最初在梦中出现在我眼前。此后我一直在素描和绘画它们——不是为了向它们解释，而是为了更清晰地看清它们。

它们身材高大、无面孔、穿着相同——一整群存在。Some carry scales. Some hold bowls, spears, a horn, a star-topped chalice. 他们手持天平，有的端着碗、矛、号角、星冠杯。

它们跪坐、站岗、称量我看不见的事物。

单独时，它们像哨兵；聚在一起时，像理事会、队列、法庭。

I don't fully know what they're doing or what the objects mean. That's part of why I keep returning to them. The work sits somewhere between ritual and judgment, between something ancient and something I've never seen before. The style is angular and pared down — bodies reduced to planes, faces left blank — so the figures read as roles rather than people.

我并不完全知道它们在做什么，或这些物品的含义。这也是我反复回到它们的原因之一。这件作品介于仪式与审判之间，介于某种古老之物和我从未见过的事物之间。风格是棱角分明、简洁干练——身体被简化为平面，脸部留白——因此这些人物被读作角色而非具体个体。

These works are made with charcoal, ink and soft pastel,, and sealed under heavy varnish so the surface holds.

这些作品以炭笔、墨水和软性粉彩创作，并在表面覆以厚重的清漆，使表面保持稳定。

Individual works are numbered — The Tribunal, I, II, III… — in order in which they are finished.

单件作品按完成顺序编号——The Tribunal、I、II、III……。

— VANTA

Shipping:
Shipped unframed, rolled in a protective tube. This keeps shipping costs down and avoids damage in transit. The work can be restretched easily by a framer or at home. Measurements listed are those of the finished piece stretched on a standard frame — the actual canvas is slightly larger (2–4 cm on each side) to allow for mounting.

运输：
未装框运输，卷在保护管中。这有助于降低运输成本，减少运输过程中的损坏。画作可以由裱框师或在家轻松重新拉伸。所列尺寸是成品在标准框架下的尺寸；实际画布在四边各多出约2–4厘米以便装裱。

Please note Due to the nature of charcoal and pastel, there may be minor smudging on the edges, corners or back of the canvas. The front has been sealed with multiple layers of fixative and varnish and is safe to touch.

请注意：由于炭笔和粉彩的性质，画布边缘、角落或背面可能会有轻微的涂抹。正面已涂覆多层定画液与清漆，触摸安全。

Process photos and sketchbook pages included in the listing show early studies from this series — they are not images of the finished piece.