Following the success of our projects that deconstructed and reconstructed images of prominent figures like Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., JFK, and Barack Obama, we noticed something interesting during the process: the recurring visual elements of circles, squares, and triangles. These simple geometric shapes became central to the visual language we were creating, leading us to explore further abstraction beyond the human form.

Inspired by the phrase “putting a square peg into a round hole” (or its variations), we began to experiment with breaking down the raw shapes of squares, circles, and triangles, playing with the boundaries between them. Drawing from our earlier work where we dissected numbers and letters, we now turned to these geometric forms as the building blocks of a new project-one that plays with the idea of constructing and deconstructing shapes that may not exist in a strict sense but have become symbols in their own right.

In this body of work, we started by taking the simplest forms-a circle, a square, and a triangle-and reassembling them into hybrid shapes that defy their traditional boundaries. Much like how we explored the legacy and myth of famous figures, we used these geometric forms to investigate how symbols and meanings can be stretched, blended, and reinterpreted. The resulting shapes, while simple on the surface, evoke a deeper sense of abstraction, where familiar forms are pulled apart and recombined into new, visually melodic compositions.

This project stems from the same creative process that guided our previous explorations of iconic figures-breaking down familiar forms and rebuilding them into something unexpected. While it moves away from the human figure, the central theme remains: how simplicity can transform into complexity through deconstruction and reconstruction, whether we’re working with faces, numbers, or even the most basic geometric shapes.