Corinne 1959

Etienne Hajdu made "Corinne" out of stone, but when is anyone's guess, which I think is kind of groovy. The surface is so smooth, so cool, it looks almost like it was formed by water over millennia. There's this sense of time folded in, but also a playfulness. The shapes remind me of those inflatable punching bags you see at carnivals, all bulbous and inviting, yet made from such an unyielding material. Look at the way Hajdu carves into the stone, creating these negative spaces. It’s like he's sculpting not just the form, but the air around it. This is a conversation between presence and absence, mass and void, that feels incredibly current. In a way, it reminds me of Barbara Hepworth's work, that same dance with form and space. It all becomes so much more interesting when we think about art as an ongoing dialogue. There are no conclusions, only conversations.