Natacha Donzé, Ghost Gun V, 2024

2024

Medium

Acrylic on canvas

Dimensions

140 × 230 cm

Status

In Gallery Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-155893

Natacha Donzé's large-scale canvases from the series "Ghost Gun" abstractly reference corporeality and its potential vulnerability. "Ghost Gun V" (2024) depicts clusters resembling enlarged microorganisms such as cells or viruses, overlaid with a transparent film. This layer, with its precise and geometric cutouts, starkly contrasts with the organic structures. The clusters resemble technical blueprints for firearms, made publicly available as open-source files, and their kits can be reconstructed as "Ghost Guns" – untraceable weapons without identifiable serial numbers. Fascinated by the dissemination and generation of knowledge, Donzé observes the emergence of potentially dangerous objects that proliferate online. She sees these phenomena like organic systems constantly in motion, evolving and bringing them together in "Ghost Gun V". The result is a multi-layered painting that raises questions about physical fragility, violence, and protection in relation to microbiological images and industrial-looking forms. The various layers merge into a symbiotic body that encapsulates these contradictions and follows its own logic.