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ARTWORKS

YIN YANG 
Peinture figurative contemporaine à l’huile sur toile
89 X 116 cm

​This work depicts a nude female figure, folded inward, isolated against a deep black background that contrasts sharply with the almost unreal whiteness of the body. This radical opposition between shadow and light evokes a fundamental tension, akin to yin and yang, where opposing forces coexist without cancelling each other out.

The body, both massive and vulnerable, occupies a space of silence and restraint. The closed posture and lowered gaze suggest a state of introspection, a presence suspended between strength and fragility. White here is not a symbol of idealized purity, but a sensitive material, marked by subtle traces that reveal memory and the imperfections of the living.

The surrounding black functions as a mental space, an active void that absorbs the gaze and reinforces the timeless quality of the figure. Between these two poles—darkness and light, interiority and exposure—the work questions the place of the female body as a site of tension, judgment, and the possible reconciliation of opposites.

© 2026 Frédérique A. Torres —  figurative contemporary artist

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