Fragment of Desire by Bianca ter Riet

About "Fragment of Desire"

by Bianca ter Riet

About the artwork

In Fragment of Desire, humans are not shown in full, but in pieces - like memories that do not allow themselves to be put together. The contours of a face appear only partially, caught between planes of colour and silence. The work speaks not with words, but with suggestion; it tells of what remains unspoken, of the softness of a longing that dares not take shape.

The clean lines and flat areas of colour create a tension between abstraction and recognisability. The skin tones, ranging from ivory to brown, seem to be layers of emotion - moments of closeness, distance and introspection. The lips, subtly drawn in a pale pink tone, are the only clear anchor in the composition; they evoke a longing for contact, for something or someone who seems to exist outside the frame.

The absence of eyes and gaze intensifies the sense of introspection. What is missing becomes palpable precisely because of its absence - the longing gains weight in the emptiness. The painting exudes a gentle tension between control and vulnerability, between seeing and not being seen.

The brushstrokes, sometimes tight, sometimes ragged, bear the marks of hesitation and intention. They suggest that the image was not created in a single moment, but grew - like an emotion seeking its form through time and memory.

Fragment of Desire is an ode to the unfinished, to the space between people where feelings hide. It is not a portrait of someone, but of an emotion - the desire to be seen, felt and understood, without ever being fully unmasked. Modern Abstract. Minimalist.

Conceived by Bianca ter Riet, visualized with AI.