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In 1991 Kamen embarks on perhaps his first mature series, ‘Caged Waits’ (1991-93), which remain some of the most important works in his oeuvre. The ‘Caged Waits’ works, large abstract works based loosely on the format of the human skull and spine, are painted solely using sky blue, cream, black, coffee and graphite.
This work is a beautiful example from 1995, after he had finished the main body of this series. With a pale palette of mostly sky blue, white acrylic and the spine form clearly visible in graphite, this is a meditative and dream-like example. The series title seems to suggest that the body, here represented in the form of a spine, is a vessel, a cage of sorts; but which also gives the possibility of transcending.
Works from this series can be found in the personal collections of many cultural figures of our time, including Helmut Lang, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jean Baptiste Mondino and Azzedine Allaia among others.
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