“Are there really hearts in David’s eyes?”
“David is tall, slender, and has a defined physique with sharp, straight lines. He has a symmetrical and strong face with striking features and radiates strength, confidence, and a balance between masculine energy and beauty. David’s pupils are heart-shaped, although this may simply serve a practical purpose to create the best sense of depth and light. So, they may not have been consciously shaped like hearts.”
“As you describe him, would you say he’s a Soft Dramatic?”
“Yes!”
“What about the Århus Girl, what type is she?”
“Due to her dynamism and the almost playful energy she radiates, she fits well into the Flamboyant Gamine type, even though this type is usually a bit more angular. The Århus Girl is a young woman with a long, slender body and relatively soft lines, creating a sense of lightness and movement. Her body isn’t particularly long or dramatically proportioned, but harmonious and youthful. Together with her rounder shapes, this gives a feminine expression and an energetic figure.”
“So this type could be compared to Flamboyant Gothic; drama in small doses, unexpected contrasts, and a playful approach to lines and ornamentation.”
“Yes, you could say that. A wild thought: if a Flamboyant Gamine were a building, it might be a small, sharp-edged Gothic church with neon-colored glass and a bit of attitude 😎 You know, that ‘I’m small, but you notice me’ energy.”
“Interesting thinking. What type would you say has hearts in their eyes?”
“Flamboyant Gamine.”
In the exhibition, we see two wall pieces made in the stucco technique scagliola. Each shows an eye, and together they gaze across the room with their heart-shaped pupils. The heart motif recurs in the figurative sculpture depicting a young man who shares his name with the exhibition: Flamboyant Gamine. The name is drawn from the Kibbe body typing system, created in the 1980s to help people understand their natural body type and which clothing styles suit them best. In the room, there are also four additional pedestals, each holding a block of metalciment. On each block is an imprint resembling a hybrid between a heart and a footprint. Around the edges of the pedestals are aluminum strips where the word “genesis” is repeated, which mean beginning. Whether it’s the beginning of a sculpture, an architectural style, or something else entirely, is left for each viewer to contemplate, perhaps while reading the definition of a Flamboyant Gamine, described as dramatic, angular, and energetic, with a tendency to highlight the unique and unusual.
