Christophe Muylaert

The work expresses the human urge for comfort and physical closeness — a longing that often provides only a fleeting satisfaction without truly dissolving loneliness.
The encapsulated cluster of hair, preserved in resin, becomes a relic of intimacy: a fossil of touch, stripped of warmth, scent, and reciprocity.
The text on the base reads like both a consumer slogan and a scientific label, exposing the fragility of desire and the commodification of human connection.
The piece reflects on the tension between longing and fulfillment, between the illusion of intimacy and the unbridgeable solitude that defines the human condition.