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“Tattooed Space Monkey” (2024) is a 90 cm ceramic sculpture by Kartini Thomas, infused with an ancestral aura. This biomorphic presence, both enigmatic and tender, is adorned with fine blue motifs that seem to whisper stories from another time — tales of rituals, spirits, and distant cosmologies. Through this singular form, Thomas opens a space for reflection on the spiritual and symbolic dimensions of form, and the narratives that shape our sense of mystery, reverence, and otherness.
“Tattooed Space Monkey” (2024) is a 90 cm ceramic sculpture by Kartini Thomas, infused with an ancestral aura. This biomorphic presence, both enigmatic and tender, is adorned with fine blue motifs that seem to whisper stories from another time — tales of rituals, spirits, and distant cosmologies. Through this singular form, Thomas opens a space for reflection on the spiritual and symbolic dimensions of form, and the narratives that shape our sense of mystery, reverence, and otherness.
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Back view of “Tattooed Space Monkey” (2025), a 90 cm biomorphic ceramic sculpture by Kartini Thomas. Adorned with intricate blue drawings and pink-edged forms, the piece echoes distant mythologies and challenges conventional perceptions of beauty, memory, and the symbolic.
Back view of “Tattooed Space Monkey” (2025), a 90 cm biomorphic ceramic sculpture by Kartini Thomas. Adorned with intricate blue drawings and pink-edged forms, the piece echoes distant mythologies and challenges conventional perceptions of beauty, memory, and the symbolic.
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Detail of Kartini Thomas’s “Tattooed Space Monkey” (2025), a biomorphic ceramic sculpture adorned with vivid blue drawings. The close-up reveals the artist’s meticulous surface work and intricate textures, echoing ancestral narratives and hybrid mythologies.
Detail of Kartini Thomas’s “Tattooed Space Monkey” (2025), a biomorphic ceramic sculpture adorned with vivid blue drawings. The close-up reveals the artist’s meticulous surface work and intricate textures, echoing ancestral narratives and hybrid mythologies.
Kartini Thomas
Tattooed Space Monkey, 2025
Stoneware, porcelain, engobes, glazes
Dim. : H 90 cm x D 40 cm
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Unique work
Signed by the artist
GRKT035
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Provenance
FranceExhibitions
Rotten Island : Kartini Thomas