The Argonauts

The Argonauts I & II (2026) The Argonauts is a large-scale diptych that explores the journey of identity through fragmentation, memory, and transformation. Drawing from the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts, the works approach the idea of a voyage as a continuous process of construction, loss, and reinvention. Combining painting with reclaimed construction panels, truck tarpaulins, old book pages, steel chains, and butcher’s hooks, the two compositions extend beyond the traditional boundaries of the canvas. Their fragmented surfaces resemble bodies or vessels adrift, held together by the tension of their own materials. The chains suggest connection and restraint, while the suspended elements evoke the weight of everything we carry throughout life. Together, the two works form an unstable body, where each fragment holds traces of what once existed and what is still becoming.