Primordial Soup

Primordial Soups are the result of a process of improvisation, where the artist(s) start drawing without subject, or theme. The beginning is simply about throwing down random lines that create random shapes. Out of these shapes emerge patterns, figures and things in the eye of the artist(s). They may choose to bring some of these forward by adding definition and details. It eventually leads to an organic composition, freely blending abstraction and figuration.

All the works presented here were made following these steps.

Soups can be created alone, but the creative process really shines in collaboration with others. Sharing the same canvas and materials, everybody then draws simultaneously, freely adding and removing from each other’s lines and shapes. It is in fact the point that every corner of the piece gets touched by all, removing a sense of individual ownership over the piece and its parts. That openness is maintained and details are added, and the final result is an artistic and esthetic consensus of everyone’s sensibility, style and technique.