Roerade’s works stem from his own personal journey. He made the four drawings with objectnumers 28249, 28250,  28251, 28253 at a time when he was pondering male identity and the transition from ‘boy’ to ‘man’. In other series, he explores themes like life, death and love. In Roerade’s eyes, the artist is both a maker and the conduit to an imaginary world. He describes his experiences of making art in the book ItUnd and The Artist (in exile). [text 2026]