Striped Intimacy

In Striped Intimacy, Claire Laurent isolates a fragment of the body within a tightly cropped composition. The image focuses on the contrast between the organic softness of the skin and the graphic rhythm of black-and-white stripes.
The painting explores the relationship between surface and depth, using flat color fields and precise edges to suggest both proximity and distance.

Through this controlled pictorial construction, the artist examines the tension between exposure and discretion. The work reflects her ongoing interest in how form, pattern, and framing can express identity and presence within contemporary visual culture.