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Edith Dekyndt
Belgian, b. 1960
Leanchoilia, 2025
Tape on paper
© 2025 Edith Dekyndt

At first glance, this crumpled sheet of kraft paper may seem almost too simple. Spending a moment with it reveals the quiet care behind Edith Dekyndt’s process. The surface is strengthened and textured by countless small pieces of yellow masking tape, each feathered by hand. Their layering gives the fragile paper a new kind of structure, allowing it to hold its sculpted form. Dekyndt often works with modest materials and slow, elemental processes—staining, coating, erosion—to explore ideas of change, disappearance, and fragility. The title, Leanchoilia, points to an extinct invertebrate whose protective exoskeleton echoes the taped surface here. The shimmering pattern suggests scales or feathers, inviting us to think about the beauty and ephemeral fragility of the natural world.