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The boxing bag is an object of discipline, repetition, and force — suspended in silence, waiting for the strike. In this work, it is lifted out of the gym and placed into a new context, transformed from equipment into symbol.
Its surface, weight, and presence speak to confrontation: the rituals of training, the rhythm of impact, the unseen battles fought against oneself. Within a gallery, the bag becomes more than a tool — it becomes a monument to resilience, endurance, and struggle.
The piece blurs the line between function and art. It no longer exists to absorb force, but to reflect it back at the viewer, asking them to consider strength not only as physical but as psychological and cultural. Heavy yet still, it holds the paradox of potential energy: impact contained in silence.
The boxing bag is not only an object to be used. Here, it is an object to be seen — a reminder that every strike leaves a trace, even when the surface appears unbroken.

2025
h 120 x b 25 x d 25 cm
Tjorven Santermans

Tjorven Santermans

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