BEASTS

In a world that has elevated efficiency to its highest principle, these works set a deliberate counterpoint.

The large-scale, photorealistic charcoal drawings of Formula 1 engines depict machines once designed for maximum performance—now captured through an extremely time-consuming, inefficient process. Every line, every layer of shading preserves not only the form of these engines, but also a personal perspective on their aesthetic and symbolic meaning. While some of these engines have been preserved in museums as milestones of technology, these works are not concerned with their function, but with their beauty.

The precise drawings emphasize not efficiency, but design, materiality, and the almost organic structure of the machines. They reveal the deep connection between technology and nature: pistons and valves resemble artificial organs, delicate cooling fins evoke the ribcage of a predator. At the same time, the works raise a critical question: should the world be measured solely by efficiency?

In technology, efficiency may be a key to success—but in life, in art, and in nature, it loses its clarity. The evolution of machines progresses rapidly, while natural processes unfold more slowly. A kind of artificial nature emerges—manifest in the automation of daily life, in the pursuit of constant optimization, in the displacement of the unpredictable and the human. The perfect machine becomes a metaphor for this development.

But what is lost along the way? These works invite us to pause—to reconsider the value of time, craftsmanship, and artistic reflection. Perhaps it is time not only to strive for efficiency, but also for what lies beyond it: beauty, contemplation, and imperfection.