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Bächli Silvia, *1956 (Baden, Switzerland) Lives in Basle, Karlsruhe and Paris, works with drawing, painting, installation and video. Augen O-96,1996 Ink on paper, 15 x 22,5 cm © Silvia Bächli Augen O-96 shows a pairs of eyes framed by a symbolic fringe of hair descending and closing in on one another until finally merging into a single eye with two pupils. The theme of the body -- and in particular, excised cut-outs of body parts such as eyes, legs or hands -- is a recurring subject matter in Bächli's typically small-to-medium format works on paper. This fragmentation of the body leaves the viewer with a sense of unease and tension yet also serves to generate a potent intensity. |