Protey Temen b. 1984
Further images
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 1
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 2
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 3
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 4
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 5
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 6
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 7
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 8
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 9
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 10
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 11
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 12
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 13
)
-
(View a larger image of thumbnail 14
)
Solutions marks a new development in Protey Temen’s ongoing exploration of systems of knowledge, abstraction, and visual language. While his earlier series Relative Explanations drew on the formal tools of scientific communication — annotation, numbering, diagrams, and schematic notation — to create abstract compositions that hovered between explanation and ambiguity, Solutions takes a more concrete turn.
In this new body of work, recurring elements from Temen’s established visual vocabulary are reorganised into distinct figurative forms. The familiar components — the numbers 1, 2, and 3, alongside his characteristic diagrammatic shapes — are no longer presented as open-ended systems of reference, but assembled into compositions that suggest recognisable figures, structures, or symbolic entities.
This shift introduces a compelling tension between abstraction and legibility. The language of analysis and rational order, previously used to evoke speculative or unresolved meaning, becomes a constructive tool for image-making itself. What once functioned as the vocabulary of explanation is here transformed into a compositional grammar.
Rather than abandoning the conceptual concerns of Relative Explanations, Solutions extends them: moving from systems that imply interpretation toward forms that appear to offer resolution — while still resisting fixed meaning. In Temen’s hands, the promise of a “solution” remains deliberately unstable: less an answer than a new arrangement of thought.
Join our mailing list / Newsletter abonnieren
* denotes required fields
We will process the personal data you have supplied to communicate with you in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe or change your preferences at any time by clicking the link in our emails.