Flames presents Jean Boghossian’s exploration of fire as both medium and concept, extending from his background in jewellery into a broader investigation of transformation. Across the exhibition, fire operates not as destruction, but as a generative force that alters surface, material, and meaning.

Working through layered processes of burning, smoke, resin, and pigment, Boghossian constructs compositions where natural elements and human intervention intersect. Series such as Wave and Volcano evoke the instability of nature, while works like Regattas and Atomium reflect a more controlled interplay between movement, structure, and material.

The exhibition culminates in the Missile series, where the image is inverted into a negative form, introducing a sharper reflection on conflict and its representation. Here, fire shifts from a tool of transformation to a carrier of tension, linking material experimentation with broader questions around violence, technology, and consequence.

Across the works, Flames unfolds as a study of transformation in its multiple states, where creation and destruction remain inseparable, and where material becomes a site for both physical and conceptual change.