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  • 1978
  • pen on paper
  • 16,5 × 20,3 cm
Mark Verlan’s drawing here presents a cat-like creature captured in an extreme state of agitation. Its open mouth and exaggerated features evoke a scream, transforming a familiar domestic animal into an unsettling, near-hallucinatory presence. The work reveals Verlan’s interest in distorting recognizable forms in ways that lie between observation, caricature, and fantasy. His employment of expressive deformation aims to suggest an emotional or psychological state. The cat’s apparent cry introduces associations of fear, aggression, and confinement. This early work anticipates Verlan’s later fascination with hybrid beings, imaginary creatures, and alternative realities. The animal functions less as an object of representation than as a vehicle for projection, demonstrating Verlan’s ability to transform an ordinary motif into an ambiguous figure poised between humor and anxiety. W.S.