The Geometry of the Human Form – 2026-07-07

One Thing in Another

This graphite pencil drawing ‘The Geometry of the Human Form – 206-07-07’ shows one of the basic principles I built my art on: ‘una in aliam’. ‘One thing in another’ can mean many things. Pareidolia or the workings of ‘ambiguous image’. What if everything you see is, at its core, the same kind of optical illusion? Let me explain. We all have seen clouds in the shape of a sheep, right? That one hardly is hard to figure out, because of the association urging upon us is almost inevitable. Except for those who grew up in a land without sheep.

Something Sacred

What if there is an implicite order behind all phenomena we can see? Something sacred, something underlying perfectly geometric, based on holy geometry such as the golden ratio and harmony. After all, the golden ratio rules us all. Perfect curves for perfect bodies. Not only in humans but in social patterns and plants you can spot them right away. At least, when you’re receptive to them. The things ‘normal’ people tend to see is only the meaning of things. What they actually mean to them, from a use value or if they hate or like them. Value is given them by human experience, good or bad, or by conditioning. They aren’t real. They are relative to the person who grows and nurtures them. As artist, I consider it to be a task bestowed upon me to strip down those values and reveal what they all mean: forms of wonder.

Laure Albin Guillot

The perfect reference picture was taken by Laure Albin Guillot. Her photo inspired me to strip down all unnecessary things and show only curves, supported by some shadings. The same paper as in the previous one, called ‘Étude Noire – 2026-06-30’. Totally different execution though. See what I can do with it, doing a minimalistic one. This is the result. Enough said.

Pitt Graphite Matt pencil (Faber-Castell, 14B) drawing on Clairfontaine Ingres paper (21 x 28.5 x 0.1 cm)

Artist: Corné Akkers

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