Description
A chromatic explosion that conceals, beneath its vibrant surface, the invisible anatomy of the human body. In Human Cosmogony 11, Avvassena transforms real X-rays of different people into a luminous and layered work, where organic matter dissolves into color and the boundary between the individual body and the collective cosmos completely vanishes.
A deep magenta dominates the composition like a primordial life force, traversed by waves of green, blue, yellow, and orange that flow across the surface of the plexiglass like currents of energy. Looking closely, the silent traces of bone structure emerge: vertebrae, ribs, facial profiles—anatomical fragments that surface and dissolve in the chromatic flow, like memories of the body struggling to become visible.
The work belongs to the Human Cosmogony Composed series, in which Avvassena superimposes and digitally manipulates X-rays from different bodies, creating hybrid images that belong not to any specific individual but to all of them simultaneously. In this vision, the body is no longer an isolated entity, but a node in a larger network of human and natural connections—a direct echo of the Ubuntu philosophy that guides all her artistic research.
Plexiglass as a support is not a neutral choice: its transparency and its ability to interact with light amplify the luminous dimension of the work, transforming the X-ray—a medical instrument that reveals the inside of the body—into a poetic window on the interconnectedness of human beings.
