Frames

Frames acrylic on different layers of wood frames – acrylic on wood 27×60 cm – 2026

The concept of reuse lies at the core of DutyGorn’s practice, not as an ancillary gesture but as the very structure of the artwork. The work originates from old canvases, stripped of their original function and dismantled into their constituent elements. The wooden stretcher slats are recovered, reorganized, and reassembled to construct a new pictorial surface, transforming what was once an invisible support into an active, visible plane.

This process aligns with a vision of circular art, grounded in the principles of reuse, recycle, reduce, where each material preserves memory and trace of its past. Nothing is erased: every fragment continues its journey in a different form, accumulating new meanings and layered temporalities.

The final composition takes the form of a polyptych—not as a sacred object, but as a symbolic and narrative structure. Fragmented surfaces become sites of visual stratification, where the deconstructed portrait emerges as the outcome of a process of dismantling and reconstruction, both physical and conceptual.

Within this balance between destruction and renewal, reuse is not merely a sustainable choice, but a poetic act, capable of redefining the value of material, time, and artistic gesture.