(c) Figures and birds

Two figural forms occupy the composition with an assured, gestural presence. The artist has rendered them with exaggerated proportions and emphatic contours in black, their bodies articulated against a warm ground of pink and green. A bird form appears to the left. The work demonstrates Claerhout’s characteristic expressive freedom with mixed media on paper, employing bold outlines and a compressed palette that conveys both humour and directness.