Spiral as Return

Artwork’s Slogan: “To return is not to go backwards, but to rediscover the centre.”


Title: Spiral as Return
World: Human Garden
Direction: Project Works / Grammar of Symbols
Medium: Silkscreen Print on Archival Paper
Artwork Dimensions: Approx. 30 × 42 cm | 11.8 × 16.5 in
Format: Vertical
Framing: Unframed
Edition: Limited Edition of 20
Archive Number: GS-HG-005-2025
Authenticity: Archival & Collector Documentation
Year: 2025


About Artwork:
Spiral as Return belongs to Grammar of Symbols, a series exploring how the function of a symbol changes through direction, position and relationships within a visual structure.

In 12 Inner Symbols, the Spiral carries the archetypal meanings of movement, evolution, return and transformation. Here, its movement turns inward.

The spiral becomes a symbolic labyrinth, guiding the eye through successive layers towards a central point. Botanical fragments, repeated marks and circular elements accompany this movement, suggesting accumulated experience and memory.

Unlike a closed circle, the spiral allows the journey to continue. Each turn approaches the centre from a different position, transforming the act of return into a process of rediscovery.

Returning does not mean reversing time or recovering an unchanged beginning. Experience remains within the structure, altering the way the centre is encountered.

Through the graphic clarity of silkscreen printing, the relationship between repeated curves, intervals and the central form becomes a visual expression of inward movement.

To return is not to become who we were, but to meet the familiar with new understanding.

In Spiral as Return, the symbol functions as a pathway through memory and experience, where the centre becomes a place of renewed awareness rather than an endpoint.