Localisation: U Černé věže – dvorek restaurace Naše farma
“Wolf Soap” is a square relief sculpture hanging on a wall. The object has the form of a large panel in a light grey colour. The side of the square panel measures about 1 metre. From the front, the object resembles a picture or a panel. Viewed from the side, it proves to be spatial. The relief that decorates the representation is in places raised by almost 10 centimetres.
The whole is monochromatic, greyish and matt. It mostly has a fine, grainy texture. The sculpture consists of two clearly different parts. In the centre there is a smooth silhouette of a human being seen in profile. Around it stretches a dense, strongly raised background made up of many rounded forms. The difference between these parts is very clear: the figure is flat, calm and almost devoid of detail, while the surroundings swell, ripple and fill the entire surface of the panel.
The central place in the composition is occupied by the representation of a human being. It is not veristic and precise. It is a simplified, soft silhouette of a figure, most probably male. The person is naked and has a shaved head. He is shown in a crouched position. As if he had squatted down, or was moving slowly on very bent legs. His back forms a large, soft arch, which leads towards the left side of the composition. The torso is compact and bent. One arm drops down in front of the body. The legs are bent and drawn up. Their arrangement is marked by flat fields and lines of small point-like recesses. One knee is low, closer to the lower left part of the figure. The other leg is more hidden under the torso.
The figure has not been anatomically developed. It is rather a sign of a body than a realistic representation. Its shape is defined by a broad, flowing contour and rows of small recesses. These point-like lines outline the head, back, abdomen, arm and legs. They also appear inside the silhouette, suggesting the lines of the knees, the ankles, or the outline of an ear. These decorations resemble traces of regular pricking or perforation.
The background around the person is the most raised part of the relief. It is formed by hundreds of rounded shapes, similar to pebbles, grains, capsules or lumps of soap. They vary in size. Near the edges of the panel they become larger and more swollen, especially at the sides and in the corners. Closer to the figure, they are smaller, more tightly arranged and as if fitted to its contour.
In the upper part, the rounded forms arrange themselves into horizontal, slightly wavy bands. At the sides they twist, thicken and flow around the central silhouette. In the lower part they form a heavier, irregular band. The relief therefore works through contrast: the human body is smooth and muted, while the space around it is lively, rough and full of small protrusions.