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THE STRONGER THE THE DETERMINATION
GROWS TO GRASP THE UNUTTERABLE THINGS OF THIS WORLD, THE DEEPER AND MORE POWERFUL THE EMOTION BURNING INSIDE ME, THE TIGHTER I KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT

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On a school lined paper, the drawing of a man walking cautiously in the darkness, rising high his feet, his head replaced by a rock. No details of the environment, the text in front of him.
October 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Ce n’est pas de ma part une opinion récente…
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A collage and drawing where man with a boulder glues over his head seems to be operating a machine. The background is yellowish, with a mass of houses floating. Some quotes surround the man, in french, talking about the act of talking A collage and drawing where man with a boulder glues over his head seems to be operating a machine. The background is yellowish, with a mass of houses floating. Some quotes surround the man, in french, talking about the act of talking
September 21, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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NE PAS SAVOiR POURQUOi
IL FAiSAiT ÇA OCCASIONNAiT
CHEZ LUi UNE SORTE DE VERTIGE

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On a paper mostly painted neon green, there are some shapes that could be houses, made with blue and black ink. There’s a torso of a man in a suit glued on, his head replaced by the drawing of a rock. Some inscriptions on it, in french, about not knowing why he was doing that being a tormenting question —“that”not being defined Detail Detail
September 4, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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✻ I KNOW THE STARS BY THEIR NAMES…
✽ THIS ANALYSIS DESTABILIZES PRETTY MUCH
✱ SMALL NAMES BIG IDEAS

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A watercolor from a notebook, a house made of stacked houses in a desert with a strong shadow, under an ill-colored sky and no life sign. Above, a text is written, saying : I know the stars by their names, and I know the path they take A watercolor from a notebook, a house made of stacked houses in a desert with a strong shadow, under an ill-colored sky and no life sign. Above, a text is written, saying : This analysis destabilizes pretty much all the stories that I grew up with A watercolor from a notebook, a house made of stacked houses in a desert with a strong shadow, under an ill-colored sky and no life sign. Above, a text is written, saying : Small names, big ideas, beyond blah blah blah
August 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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UNE FIGURE SYMBOLIQUE SI CHARGÉE DE SIGNIFICATIONS QU’ELLE FINIT PAR N’EN AVOIR PLUS AUCUNE — OU PRESQUE
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A watercolor of a desert landscape, mostly orange, with a grey road coming from behind the hills. Over the painting a plant is drawn, like the shadow of an herbarium book. A sentence is written, all caps, about an image that symbolises so much, that in the end it doesn’t mean anything.
July 27, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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I DROPPED MY EYES
UNWILING TO EXPLAIN
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A watercolor in a notebook showing a man with a head made of a rock, in the sunset with two little houses behind him A watercolor in a notebook showing a man with a head made of a rock, in the sunset with two little houses behind him (slightly different colors and disposition, and there's a road) The white silhouette of a man with an oversized head man standing on a very cracked ground, under a purple sky
July 19, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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MAiS POUVONS-NOUS RÉDUIRE LE VAGUE DU LANGAGE
ORDINAIRE
EN UTILISANT
LE LANGAGE ORDINAIRE ?

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Un homme en costume, dont la tête a été remplacée par des formes géométriques colorées, patauge dans l’eau, d’où émergent des récifs. En dessous le texte est écrit en rouge
April 22, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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Tu dois te ressaisir
C’est si ténu
Je me contentais d’enregistrer
Tout est calme et vide
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A series of four drawings made with blue and red ink in a sketchbook. Each one is showing a man walking in a rather desolate landscape in the dusk. His head is a big rock, he’s dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by mountains while he’s walking in a knee-deep river. There are quotations in feench with each drawing, but it’s not sure they are what he’s thinking. The sentences are more or less about the way one can understand the reality surrounding him, and how to think or record it. A series of four drawings made with blue and red ink in a sketchbook. Each one is showing a man walking in a rather desolate landscape in the dusk. His head is a big rock, he’s dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by mountains while he’s walking in a knee-deep river. There are quotations in feench with each drawing, but it’s not sure they are what he’s thinking. The sentences are more or less about the way one can understand the reality surrounding him, and how to think or record it. A series of four drawings made with blue and red ink in a sketchbook. Each one is showing a man walking in a rather desolate landscape in the dusk. His head is a big rock, he’s dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by mountains while he’s walking in a knee-deep river. There are quotations in feench with each drawing, but it’s not sure they are what he’s thinking. The sentences are more or less about the way one can understand the reality surrounding him, and how to think or record it. A series of four drawings made with blue and red ink in a sketchbook. Each one is showing a man walking in a rather desolate landscape in the dusk. His head is a big rock, he’s dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by mountains while he’s walking in a knee-deep river. There are quotations in feench with each drawing, but it’s not sure they are what he’s thinking. The sentences are more or less about the way one can understand the reality surrounding him, and how to think or record it.
February 21, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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No More Ideas
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#muralsculpture #abstract #cut #drawing #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #artwork #art #smallscale #cardboard #sculpture #MichaelLilin #Lilin #collage #architecture #shelf #drawing #contemporarydrawing #basrelief
A close up on the man holding a rock. It's drawn on a squared grid paper. The back of the sculpture reflects a sort of green shadow on the wall. A detail of the glued collage, coming from a dictionary A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with different levels of different shapes. Some are covered with plaster, rather roughly. On one of the parts there is a small drawing in blue ink of a man in a suit holding a big rock. He also wears an oversized mask. an engraving with some geological part of a mountain is glued, the legend says it’s a Cluze. On one of the shelves, a piece of bamboo evokes a dead tree. The overall size is 25×25 cm. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with different levels of different shapes. Some are covered with plaster, rather roughly. On one of the parts there is a small drawing in blue ink of a man in a suit holding a big rock. He also wears an oversized mask. an engraving with some geological part of a mountain is glued, the legend says it’s a Cluze. On one of the shelves, a piece of bamboo evokes a dead tree. The overall size is 25×25 cm.
November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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I’ll try to play another song
Lift your arms up
So fast
Dance dance
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A series of four drawings on index card. Each one is showing a man on the top of a cliff. He’s wearing an oversized mask that looks like a ventriloquist’s puppet, dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by what seems to be instructions to dance : Shake your shoulders, lift your arms up, move your feet, tap your feet clench your teeth, turning in circles, let’s go A series of four drawings on index card. Each one is showing a man on the top of a cliff. He’s wearing an oversized mask that looks like a ventriloquist’s puppet, dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by what seems to be instructions to dance : Shake your shoulders, lift your arms up, move your feet, tap your feet clench your teeth, turning in circles, let’s go A series of four drawings on index card. Each one is showing a man on the top of a cliff. He’s wearing an oversized mask that looks like a ventriloquist’s puppet, dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by what seems to be instructions to dance : Shake your shoulders, lift your arms up, move your feet, tap your feet clench your teeth, turning in circles, let’s go A series of four drawings on index card. Each one is showing a man on the top of a cliff. He’s wearing an oversized mask that looks like a ventriloquist’s puppet, dressed with a white shirt and a black tie. He’s alone, surrounded by what seems to be instructions to dance : Shake your shoulders, lift your arms up, move your feet, tap your feet clench your teeth, turning in circles, let’s go
October 28, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Unheard Dark Warning
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with different levels of different shapes. Some are covered with plaster, some are covered with dark ink, one is reflex orange. On one of the parts there is a cheap toy soldier throwing something. an engraving with some old strange tool is glued, the legend says it’s a conformateur. On one of the shelves, a piece of bamboo evokes a dead tree. The overall size is 25×25 cm. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with different levels of different shapes. Some are covered with plaster, some are covered with dark ink, one is reflex orange. On one of the parts there is a cheap toy soldier throwing something. an engraving with some old strange tool is glued, the legend says it’s a conformateur. On one of the shelves, a piece of bamboo evokes a dead tree. The overall size is 25×25 cm. A close up on the soldier A close up on the engraving. A "conformateur" is something used to give shape to hats, I think
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Keep A Low Profile
Keep Quiet
Stay Unnoticed
Forgotten
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A drawing on an index card showing a house on the top of a cliff, in brown ink, with clouds above, is taped on a paper where there is a drawing of a mass of houses made with pencil, a little illustration from a dictionary showing a double revolution stairway. There is an inscription saying : « Keep a low profile/keep quiet/stay unnoticed/forgotten ». A detail of the stairway photography The house on the cliff
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Too Far, Too Fast
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with different levels of different shapes. On one of the parts there is a small toy soldier holding a gun. All is painted gold, and the edges of the shapes are painted reflex yellow. There is an orange reflexion on the wall. The overall size is 17×16 cm. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with different levels of different shapes. On one of the parts there is a small toy soldier holding a gun. All is painted gold, and the edges of the shapes are painted reflex yellow. There is an orange reflexion on the wall. The overall size is 17×16 cm. A Golden Soldier
October 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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shining with possibility (1 to 8)
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Eight drawings on eight index cards : each time, on a golden background stands a roughly sketched body of a person with a different head, like : a pile of papers, a stone, houses, a scribble, a kind of cabbage… Eight drawings on eight index cards : each time, on a golden background stands a roughly sketched body of a person with a different head, like : a pile of papers, a stone, houses, a scribble, a kind of cabbage… Eight drawings on eight index cards : each time, on a golden background stands a roughly sketched body of a person with a different head, like : a pile of papers, a stone, houses, a scribble, a kind of cabbage… Eight drawings on eight index cards : each time, on a golden background stands a roughly sketched body of a person with a different head, like : a pile of papers, a stone, houses, a scribble, a kind of cabbage…
September 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Working To Stay Afloat
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small cabin falling down. The cardboard is recycled from some asian brand, with a black panther and some inscriptions. From a corner of the house, beams are painted, smoke drawn with ink emerges. Some corners of the wall part are folded, and eventually painted in reflex orange. The overall size is 20×25cm. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small cabin falling down. The cardboard is recycled from some asian brand, with a black panther and some inscriptions. From a corner of the house, beams are painted, smoke drawn with ink emerges. Some corners of the wall part are folded, and eventually painted in reflex orange. The overall size is 20×25cm. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small cabin falling down. The cardboard is recycled from some asian brand, with a black panther and some inscriptions. From a corner of the house, beams are painted, smoke drawn with ink emerges. Some corners of the wall part are folded, and eventually painted in reflex orange. The overall size is 20×25cm. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small cabin falling down. The cardboard is recycled from some asian brand, with a black panther and some inscriptions. From a corner of the house, beams are painted, smoke drawn with ink emerges. Some corners of the wall part are folded, and eventually painted in reflex orange. The overall size is 20×25cm.
September 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Sketchbook (Let’s do some damage/Saved by zero/Stiff surf)
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Three drawings coming from a sketchbook : A toothpaste tube with some paste coming out stating SAVED BY ZERO, in green lavish Three drawings coming from a sketchbook : A man in costume with an oversized mask looking left where some words state « LET’S DO SOME DAMAGE », all in blue ink and (dirty) lavish, there’s a golden line under him Three drawings coming from a sketchbook : A man in costume, with a big rock as a head, standing stiff in a little boat as he’s surfing a big green wave
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small cartoonish cabin surrounded by spikes. Underneath the house a small engraving from a dictionary showing assemblages of wood is glued, with drops leaking. In the bottom part, a drawing of an empty banderole. On the side, there is a kind of vertical separation that is covered with ink stains.The overall size is 25×12cm A detail of the cabin A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small cartoonish cabin surrounded by spikes. Underneath the house a small engraving from a dictionary showing assemblages of wood is glued, with drops leaking. In the bottom part, a drawing of an empty banderole. On the side, there is a kind of vertical separation that is covered with ink stains.The overall size is 25×12cm
August 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Impossible Recent Developments
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small shelf of cardboard dividing it in halves. The upper part is cut with simplified mountains and painted with a reddish ink, white ink indicating a blotted horizon. The right side of the sculpture is raw grey cardboard, and two rocks are glued on it, vaguely evoking lips. The overall size is 10×20cm A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with a small shelf of cardboard dividing it in halves. The upper part is cut with simplified mountains and painted with a reddish ink, white ink indicating a blotted horizon. The right side of the sculpture is raw grey cardboard, and two rocks are glued on it, vaguely evoking lips. The overall size is 10×20cm THE KISSING ROCKS
August 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little pikes of cardboard, and splashes of dark and white ink. A part of it is painted in reflex green. A tree chunk is planted on the right. Some little drawings are glued : a man with an oversized mask speaking an empty speech bubble, a house with puffs of smoke, a rock. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little pikes of cardboard, and splashes of dark and white ink. A part of it is painted in reflex green. A tree chunk is planted on the right. Some little drawings are glued : a man with an oversized mask speaking an empty speech bubble, a house with puffs of smoke, a rock. Detail of the drawing of the man, and the rock
August 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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You Know More Than I Know
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little pikes of cardboard, and splashes of dark ink. Two plastic toy soldiers are kind of reflecting themselves on a reflex orange plank. A little picture of some algae is glued. A view on the top plastic soldier on his orange plank Front view The algae coming from a dictionary
July 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Potential—Limits—Decline
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little pikes of cardboard, or a little drawing of a man in costume with a skull for a headl, and a plastic toy palmtree. A big whitish splach like a smoke signal on the dark background. A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little pikes of cardboard, or a little drawing of a man in costume with a skull for a headl, and a plastic toy palmtree. A big whitish splach like a smoke signal on the dark background. A detail of the drawing A green reflection on the wall
July 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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A drawing on paper, made with ink, where there is a shattered house standing, half crumbling, on a steep cliff. Sky is yellow and bleu, shadows are green. A detail of the house
July 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Sounds Like Percussions
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A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little shelves with pikes of cardboard, or a little plaster ball, and a plastic toy soldier A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little shelves with pikes of cardboard, or a little plaster ball, and a plastic toy soldier A small wall sculpture made of cardboard, with little shelves with pikes of cardboard, or a little plaster ball, and a plastic toy soldier A view on the soldier
July 5, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Sketchbook (3 pages)
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Excerpts from a sketchbook : drawn with indian ink, a man with a mask kind of dances upon a heap of uneven branches, drawn with watercolor Another page : a man with a skull mask is holding a log like it was a baby, with a greenish background made of watercolor. A text in the upper left says : [chuckles softly] A third page, drawn in blood-red ink : a man with a ventriloquist’s puppet mask, is climbing what looks like a steep mountain. A text is written, saying : « using techniques and materials rediscovered »
May 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Two gardens
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A small sculpture made of cardboard, two little abstract gardens with shapes and small parts of trees A small sculpture made of cardboard, two little abstract gardens with shapes and small parts of trees A close up showing details
April 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM