There are many ways to connect; through language, through mirroring, through commerce, through garbage. I choose garbage from the piles of my fellow Amsterdammers, and transform it, through cutting and gluing and painting, until it is balanced but exciting too. Like a conversation where I understand you, but I can’t predict your next line. Exhibition… Continue reading Connection – objects from recycled wood
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Photo collages
I was taking photo’s in cities as an exploration of what spoke to me. Objects, buildings and compositions can speak to an attentive audience, willing to listen. How to form a connection to the world was already in 2007 part of my subject matter. When taking the photographs however, I felt so much clutter stood… Continue reading Photo collages
Masks
Masks fascinate me because of their transformative and metaphoric qualities. The need to develop an identity in relation to the world is not an easy feat, and a mask can help the wearer to try out different aspects of an identity. I feel that the dramatization of life has been laid into the hands of… Continue reading Masks