SDL2025-G01C01-I04 Clasped Hands

Clasped Hands, the very hands of the artist

Item Identity: SDL2025-G01C01-I04

Title: Clasped Hands

Artist: Sam Diellor Luani

Collection: SDL InnerSpace Origins

Section: Vector Vintage

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• Black symmetrical shapes on white

• Illusory silhouette of hands

• Strong visual duality

Black and white abstract design showing symmetrical black shapes on a white background. A jagged vertical line divides the image into mirrored halves, with the black forms resembling two stylized hands clasped together. Signed with the initials SDL.

Clasped Hands – The Artist’s Touch

Originally drawn in 1988 on an overhead sheet, this image captures the very hands of the artist—Sam Diellor Luani—clasped in a symbolic gesture. It’s a visual illusion, a double image that can be seen as both a musician (the saxofone-like shape) and a profile. This duality is intentional, reflecting a philosophical essay it was intended to illustrate, where the clasping of hands was used as a metaphor for the procreation of ideas. It was vectorized in 1992, and now elevated into a pastiche of authenticity, a tribute to the intimacy of creation and the transformation of gesture into graphic language.