Stones and Rocks
- Collages
- Illustrations
- Ceramics
- Photography
- Transience
- My alter ego is a tree
- Landscapes
- Huilie Huilie
Stenenverkoop
- wandstenen
- hele stenen
- rotsjes
About/Artist statement
Transience
This project consist of 35 tiles made from plaster. In each tile, I carefully pressed flowers to capture their imprint and, in doing so, eternalizing them. In the work, I play with the theme of preservation, trying to grasp something that is slowly decaying.
Life and death are themes very often refered to in the arts. therefor I first wanted to share some that sparked my interest for making this work. Such as the work of Rachel Ruysch, a Dutch still-life painter, celebrated for her sophisticated floral compositions. Her paintings reflect ‘memento mori’, a philosophical reminder that life is finite and death is ever-present. Furthermore ‘Transience’ reflects on the ancient Roman city Pompeii. Famously preserved under volcanic ash after the catastrophic eruption. The city remained frozen in time. Lastly, I like to refer to someone more contemporary: Diana Scherer. A dutch artist, whose work explores the relationship between humans and nature, often focusing on the manipulation of plant roots. In an interview she once said that she dislikes bouquets, finding it cruel to gift someone something already dead, and slowly letting it wither on their kitchen table.In conclusion, my works contemplates this sentiment of beauty that can only be possesed if we accept that it is gradually dying.
Life and death are themes very often refered to in the arts. therefor I first wanted to share some that sparked my interest for making this work. Such as the work of Rachel Ruysch, a Dutch still-life painter, celebrated for her sophisticated floral compositions. Her paintings reflect ‘memento mori’, a philosophical reminder that life is finite and death is ever-present. Furthermore ‘Transience’ reflects on the ancient Roman city Pompeii. Famously preserved under volcanic ash after the catastrophic eruption. The city remained frozen in time. Lastly, I like to refer to someone more contemporary: Diana Scherer. A dutch artist, whose work explores the relationship between humans and nature, often focusing on the manipulation of plant roots. In an interview she once said that she dislikes bouquets, finding it cruel to gift someone something already dead, and slowly letting it wither on their kitchen table.In conclusion, my works contemplates this sentiment of beauty that can only be possesed if we accept that it is gradually dying.
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