VANTA - Tribunal - V

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

Title and materials: 炭笔、墨水与软粉彩绘于画布上，并覆以清漆。

The figures first appeared to me in a dream. I've been sketching and painting them since — not to explain them, but to see them more clearly.

这些人物最初在我梦中出现。自那时起，我就一直在素描和绘画他们——并非为了给出解释，而是为了看得更清楚。

They are tall, faceless, and dressed alike — a whole order of beings. Some carry scales. Some hold bowls, spears, a horn, a star-topped chalice. They kneel, stand guard, weigh things I can't see. Alone, they feel like sentinels. In groups, they feel like a council, a procession, a court.

他们身材高大、无脸、穿着相同——一整个存在的等级。有人携带天平，有人持碗、矛、号角以及星形顶端的圣杯。他们跪着、站岗、称量我看不见的事物。单独时，他们像哨兵；成群时，他们像理事会、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.

我并不完全知道他们在做什么，或那些物件的意义。这也是我不断回到他们身边的原因之一。作品处于仪式与审判之间、古老之物与我从未见过之物之间。风格棱角分明、简洁——身体被简化为平面，脸部保持空白——因此形象更像角色，而非具体的人。

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、墨水和软粉彩创作，并在表面涂覆厚重的清漆以确保质地固定。

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

单独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：未装裱，卷在保护筒中寄送。这有助于降低运费并避免在运输过程中的损坏。作品可以由裱框师或在家轻松重新拉伸。所列尺寸是完成后在标准画框上拉伸的尺寸——实际画布略大一些（每边多出2–4厘米），以便安装。

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：由于炭笔与粉彩的性质，画布边缘、角落或背面可能有轻微涂抹。正面已多层定画液与清漆封固，触感安全。

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