Sylvie Eyberg selects, reproduces and reframes details of printed images that she associates with text fragments. Culled from magazine and popular print media, the images and the text she uses are laid out into precise yet lyrical arrangements, blown up or made smaller and printed as monochromatic silkscreens or inkjet prints. Eyberg plays with the halftone pattern that makes up the internal structure of images, pointing to their ephemeral quality as transient signifiers, always tied to language.

-- Galerie Greta Meert

https://galeriegretameert.com/artists/sylvie-eyberg/

I was introduced to Sylvie Eyberg’s work at the 2003 Venice Biennale by art historian and curator Thierry de Duve. The encounter was transformative and permanently altered the way I thought about image-making and, ultimately, printmaking itself.

What first captivated me was the ambiguity of the images. Eyberg creates situations in which two or three figures meet, yet the nature of their relationship remains unresolved. One never fully knows what is about to happen. A gesture may become tenderness, conflict, desire, intimacy, or separation. The image resists certainty.

What interests me in Eyberg’s work is this refusal to define human relationships too quickly. Rather than prescribing meaning, she creates a space where multiple emotional realities can coexist. The viewer becomes an active participant, bringing their own memories, experiences, and interpretations to the image.

Her work occupies the fertile territory between narrative and uncertainty. It is precisely this openness that drew me to the images and inspired our collaboration. The prints preserve that delicate balance, allowing the image to remain suspended between what is known and what is still possible.