Courtney Lavine

This artwork shows a female torso without head or arms, cut off just above the thighs, like a presence that stands on its own. The top is irregularly cut, giving the sense of a gesture stopped short: movement is no longer visible, yet it remains felt in slight twists, the curve of the abdomen, the tension of the hips. Nothing is idealised here, the figure is compact, gathered, and balance is read through small shifts, like a recovered footing.

The dark, matte surface absorbs light and reinforces the density of the volume. Details are not ornamental: they appear as striations, folds, pressures, “seams” in the material that retain the memory of the hand and the firing. The texture suggests a worked skin, almost textile, while the form stays tightly held.

Within Still Dancing, the work brings dance back to an inner sensation: breath, hold, resistance. A body that is vulnerable yet solid, poised on the edge of movement.