Johan Tahon
Johan Tahon's (1965) work focuses on the human figure, often represented as an elongated, fragile form. Until recently Tahon worked only in plaster, which he cut into the desired shape with an axe after the material had set. The process of building up and reworking is highly instinctive and intuitive, expressed in the searching, vulnerable quality of his human figures. Another aspect always felt is a sense of man's insignificance in relation to the universe, or man's imperfection in relation to the divine, by which Tahon expresses a basic pursuit of spirituality. Since a year Johan Tahon also works in ceramics, which he covers with white glaze.