A FLOCK OF TULIPS AT NIGHT Does the black tulip really exist? Is the Queen of the Night really black? Maybe somewhere outthere? 240 x 169,4 cm, edition 1 180 x 127,1 cm, edition 3 150 x 105,9 cm, edition 5 120 x 84,7 cm, edition 8
SHOWTIME! (A perfect sky for a glorious sea battle that never took place.) In the setting of a 17th century painting of a sea battle, modern war ships of some 18 countries replace the ancient ones on the very spot. Still you see the sails slightly in the background, and the flags that […]
FREE IDENTITY With this work I want to stand up for inclusivity, freedom and recognition of any gender or identity. Live and let live, love and let love. To start with in The Netherlands. The work consists of 11 Delft blue tiles in a logical sequence of different variations on the iconic kissing couple. […]
FREE IDENTITY (to be free or not to be free) Concepts such as love, freedom and inclusivity that are so self-evident here, are in many countries undiscussable topics and strictly forbidden. But that doesn’t mean that love doesn’t exist or that you are who you are. Maybe hidden, in secret, in the dark. […]
A STATION Study on people moving or not moving in a station. 90 x 90 cm, edition 5 60 x 60 cm, edition 8 33 x 33 cm, edition 16
ANTWERPEN CS Usually travelers criss-cross in apparent chaos, yet reach their destinations. In this work the station is completely abandoned, except for the travellers I selected. I ordened them around a kissing couple (a place of rest in the hustle and bustle of the station) in a new structure derived from the canopy. The […]
TRIPLE DUTCH How the Dutch conquered the world. Red tulips and stereotypical Delft blue objects float over the water like the Flying Dutchman, where a naval battle is being fought. Traditionally the Dutch are big in the world as a trading country. That’s what they fought for through the ages, and many times during […]
¡ES ARTE! In Spain they recently discovered that animals are so called sentient beings, and a new law is being drafted to protect them from animal cruelty. Unfortunately, as under the guise of tradition, bulls are not covered by this law. So each year still thousands of bulls die a gruesome death in Spanish […]
¡ES ARTE! Bull fighting in reverse! An artwork in a series against bull fighting. Here I’m working on a small triptich. The toreros are pinned in insect boxes with their own ‘banderillas’, the labels depict names of bulls that killed toreros. The roles reversed! Three insectboxes of 10 x 15 x 6 cm, […]
¡ES ARTE! Of course bloody tourists also keep bullfighting going strong. But not forever! Even only ruins remain of the arenas of the then all-powerful Roman Empire, such as the depicted bullring of Itálica near Seville. In my ‘arena’ the toreros are pinned down with their own ‘banderillas’. The labels depict names of bulls […]