Receitake by Jæn Explore Mondoir Studio Medium: Photoshop, Aftereffects, FL Studio Dimensions: 3480 x 3480 px Year: 2021 Status: available Sometimes you take, unapologetic. Sometimes you let in, gently. Why collect this work?Receitake opposes an open palm and a clenched fist, translating the accompanying poem’s contrast between letting in and taking into bodily gestures without assigning either a fixed moral value. Jæn states that concept and aesthetics should operate as facets of the same element. Here, the paired gestures give the poem a clear visual structure, while their strange organic details keep its terms unsettled.In the supplied image, an open lower hand sits beneath suspended petals and orb-like forms; above it, a larger fist encloses flower stems. Tiny growths on the fingertips and tooth-like forms at the wrist complicate a simple opposition between gentleness and force.The documented use of Photoshop supports layered drawing and compositing, while After Effects and FL Studio can enable motion and sound. This still demonstrates neither animation nor audio, so its evidence remains the assembled image.Placed alongside works about exchange or consent, Receitake can sharpen distinctions among receiving, grasping, withholding and release. Its unresolved hands make those relations available for comparison rather than reducing them to illustration. About the ArtistJæn Jæn is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: digital-art. Based in Bordeaux, France. Nationality: French Jæn's art bridges his surreal & psychedelic influences with a conceptual and experimental avant-garde spirit.
