After Work Sculpture, 2021. 35 × 35 × 131 cm. Wood, polyamide, coating

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'After work' (2021) is a compact sculpture of two upright, chattering skeletons leaning against a brick wall, as if they are sharing a light conversation after work over a beer. In his most recent works, such as his life-size merry-go-round sculpture ‘Dance Macabre’ (2021), installed at the 2021 Bruges Triennale (Bruges, BE), the cheerful skeleton appears several times, as a light-hearted way to talk about our mortality. In this way the skeleton does not have a tragic connotation, but rather a playful character as in the paintings of Jamer Ensor.