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Breathing

In 2020 I made a series of masks in which I investigate my personal emotions, reactions and thoughts about the Civis-19 pandemic. Since most of them are made during lock-down I have mainly used materials I had lying around my studio and home.

Tagged With: masks, photographs, portrait, textiles

M & M’s

An A6 booklet of risoprints and riso-drawings. There are 10 booklets with 80 M & M’s, 5 with 64 and 2 with 40 M & M’s. Each booklet has different variations of the 80 different images; all risoprinted and many of them drawn on. There are also loose A6 M & M riso-drawings.

Tagged With: book, portrait, riso-drawings, riso-prints

Scratch Battle

idi@Arnhem, Scratch Battle, 2011.

Bebe, the flying mermaid.

For this ‘scratch battle’ I scratched out the poster-image of Bebe, the flying mermaid.

Organised by the Independent Drawing (IDI) Initiative at the invitation of de Gemeenschap Beeldend Kunstenaars (GBK) at Willemsplein 3 in Arnhem.

 

Scratched out white paint on windows

Tagged With: drawings, portrait, textiles

Piscis volatilis

Picis Volatilis, 1994.

Yes, flying fish exist, but: they are dying out fast because they live of fantasy and people are losing the ability to fantasise. So I have to collect and categorise the last ones before they die out.

2 parts:

One with sand, water, sound and metal tins with lino-printed flying fishes

One as a room with the collected flying fish and paraphernalia

Tagged With: 3D, linocut print, portrait

Teddy bears

Teddy bears, 2008 & .

The teddy bear: thè ultimate stuffed animal from our childhood days. An object without a will upon wich we project all our love and hate, dreams and fears. For a while. Then we grow up and dump Teddy: used up and no longer wanted. How would the bears look when all that they have absorbed in that time would be visible?

Teddybears, big and small, made from second hand blankets. Variations on the traditional pattern of the original Teddy bear. I made the small ones for the exhibition ‘Terugblik in kindertijd’ at Ververs and the big ones for the performance of the ‘Foolish People’ called ‘Terra Extremitas’ at the docks in Amsterdam.

CAR, Zolverein, Deutschland, presentation Galerie Ververs, overview, teddy bear blanket statues, 2009
Baadster(bather) at Welten schaffen, Galerie Schwenck, Castrop-Rauxel, Deutschland, 2010, blanket statue with tape drawing
Girlfriends, Teddy bears, blanket statue 2008, 130x160x100 cm.
Twins, teddy bears,  blanket statue, 2008, 90x80x60 cm.
Plane, teddybears, blanket statue, 2008, 15x20x50 cm.
Franny (dear), the Nursery, 2008, 60x110x100 cm.
Cordelia (pink), the Nursery, 2008, blanket statue, 140x40x40 cm.
Bloeien (bleeding), teddy bear, blanket statue, 2008, 20x22x30 cm.
Geboeid (chained), teddy bear, blanket statue, 2008, 50x15x15 cm.
Qworck, teddy bear, blanket statue, 2008, 15x20x26 cm.

Tagged With: 'scape, childhood, portrait, statue, textiles

Erolife 1994-1996

From 1994-1997 I participated in the Erolife fair with a couple of projects with an erotic connotation to see if a different audience could be reached.

Vingerbad /  Finger(s)bath 1994

In 1994 I had a stand at the Erolife fair together with Jan Bouma. He presented his statue ‘The King’ and I showed the ‘Vingerbad’.

De Jas / the Coat 1995

In 1995 Jan Bouma and I had another stand at the Erolife fair. This time Jan presented his statue ‘the Soldier’ and I ‘the Coat’. The Coat was not only presented as a statue but was worn by a performer who walked all over the grounds of the fair showing ‘his goods’ to all who were willing and un-willing.

The Coat has also been performed at two other erotic fairs in Belgium.

Jongeheerzepen / Willie soaps 1996-‘97

In 1996 the Jongeheerzepen project was presented for the first time at Erolife’96 taking place at the Jaarbeurs, Utrecht.

In 1997 the Jongeheerzepen had a presentation in Galerie Liter, Boekhorststraat, Den Haag.

Jongeheerzepen at Erolife’96

December 1996, Jaarbeurs, Utrecht

The Jongeheerzepen had a large stand that showed the soaps and formed the base for a continuously running performance during the 4 day of the fair.

The Jongeheer-promotion team consisted of:

Dr. Rebecca Rosenboom, Professor Swartjes, his (or her) assistant & the three promo girls.

The promo girls asked the Erolife visitors to fill in an inquiry form. The results of this enquiry were showed a large ‘score-board’ that Dr. Rosenboom kept updated. She meant to find out what the most popular soap was. Unfortunately for her was that the promo girls were very biased and tried their utmost best to persuade people to vote for their favourite. Professor Swartjes (who re-invented the soaps) thought the therapeutic side of the soaps utter nonsense, but, the soap itself was naturally the very best of the best.

In 1997 Jongeheerzepen had a small selling stand without the performance.

Jongeheerzepen at Galerie Liter

May1997, at Galerie liter, Boekhorststraat, Den haag

The Jongeheer promo team also opened the exhibition at Galerie Liter.

After the opening the large shop window of the gallery functioned as a giant viewing box. From the street one could see inside the Jongeheer stand with the promo team in the form of life sized painted cardboard dolls.

The sex-shop on the other side of the street advertised the Jongeheer soaps in its window and you could go and watch the Jongeheer commercials in one of their porn movie booths.

You can watch the 3 commercials here:

Erolife '94, Vingerbad & the King (by Jan Bouma)
Vingerbad at Erolife'94
close-up Vingerbad, 1994
scetches for the Coat, 1995
the front of de Jas, photo by Pieter Lemmers
the back of de Jas, photo by Pieter Lemmers
De Jas in action, 1995
De Jas in the window of Hot Red Lokaal, 2002
the Jongeheerzepen promo team at Erolife'96
Jongeheerzepen at Erolife'96
Jongeheerzepen at Erolife'96
the inquiery form, Jongeheerzepen, 1996, by Stikvoort
still commercial 'Comfort', Jongeheerzepen, 1996
still commercial', 3 friends', Jongeheerzepen, 1996
still commercial 'Goodbye', Jongeheerzepen, 1996

Tagged With: costume, performance, portrait, statue, textiles

Circle of friends, 2003

Circle of friends – 2003.

The project CIRCLE OF FRIENDS started at the end of 2001 in memory of my beloved Craig Davies. The project came to a closure in 2003 with an exhibition at
“The Heritage Centre“ in Oswestry (Wales). In the project I try to map the network of my and Craig’s friends. It is an interactive project in wich the reactions of the participating friends are part of the work. CIRCLE OF FRIENDS exists of linocut portraits that I made together with the reactions of the portrayed in varied techniques.

You can have a look at the website of the project here.

Linocuts A4

Lino prints on paper

Various techniques

100 pieces

A book with the lino prints

Circle of friends, 20 of the 100 linocut portraits with reaction of the portrayed, 2003
Circle-of-friends,-Derin,-2003
Circle-of-friends,-Ilse,-2003
Circle-of-friends,-Ira-, 2003
Circle-of-friends,-Sam-, 2003
Circle-of-friends,-William-, 2003

Tagged With: portrait, self-portrait

Ceramic transfers, 2015-16

Ceramic prints – 2014 & 2015.

In 2014 I started with experimenting with printing (silkscreen) my own ceramic transfers. This lead to the series of ‘Garden lovers’ and ‘Wake up!’.

I also teach this technique in workshops for the Grafische Werkplaats.

The prints are used on divers old and new tableware.

Garden lovers, 2014, plate, silkscreen printed ceramic transfer
Garden lovers, 2014, plate, silkscreen printed ceramic transfer
Garden lovers, 2014, plate, silkscreen printed ceramic transfer
Garden lovers, 2014, dish, silkscreen printed ceramic transfer
Garden lovers, 2014, cup & saucer, silkscreen printed ceramic transfer
Garden lovers, 2015, small dish, silkscreen printed ceramic transfers
Garden lovers, 2015, small plate, silkscreen printed ceramic transfers
Garden lovers, 2015, 4 mugs, silkscreen printed ceramic transfers
Wake up!, mugs, 2015, silkscreen printed ceramic transfers
Wake up!, mugs, 2015, silkscreen printed ceramic transfers
Wake up!, mugs, 2015, silkscreen printed ceramic transfers

Tagged With: ceramics, drawings, landscape, portrait

Circle of friends

Circle was a project with friends. You can find it here.

Tagged With: portrait, self-portrait

Party People, 2004-2014

Party People – 2004-2012.

Pencil and pastel drawings on paper.

56 x 78 cm.

A series of portraits of people at theme parties. At these parties the Party People dress up according to the theme: Halloween, Hippies, Heavenly celebrities.

Maybe the dressing up means that people can show sides of themselves they normally don’t dare to…

off his head Erik, Party people, Horrofriends, 2004, pencil drawing with acrylic paint, 56x78 cm.
Twin witch, Party people, Horrofriends, pencil, drawing with acrylic paint, 2004, 56x78 cm
Kill Bill nurse, Halloween, pencil + soft pastel drawing, 2010, 56x78 cm.
Axe lover, Party people, Halloween 2010, 56x78 cm, pencil +soft pastel drawing
Chi, Party people, Hippie party 2011, 56x78 cm, pencil + acrylic paint drawing
Truth, Party people, Hippie party 2011, 56x78 cm, pencil +soft pastel drawing
Dad, Party people, fcc, 2012, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
It's raining again, Party people, fcc, 2012, it's raining again, 56x78 cm., pencil +soft pastel drawing
Blind Meg, Party people, Halloween 2011, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
Sound, Party people, Halloween 2012, 56x78 cm, pencil + soft pastel drawing
Terrorist, Party people, Halloween 2012, 56x78 cm, pencil + soft pastel drawing
Amy Winehouse, Party people, Heavenly celebrities, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
Halle Selassie, Party people, Heavenly Celebrities, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
The food is good!, Party people, Halloween 2011, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
Snip, snip, Party people, Halloween 2009, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing.
The shy and the charming one, Party people, Halloween 2009, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
Tree woman, Party people, Midsummer's night fairytale, 2009, 56x78 cm.,  pencil + soft pastel drawing
Party people, exhibition at gallerie Haags, 2013
Party people, exhibition at gallerie Haags, 2013
a man called Sue, Halloween 2011, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pencil drawing
Candy doll, Halloween 2010, 70x110 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
Devil, Party people, Halloween 2012, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
Sugar (skull) bride, Halloween 2013, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing
the eternal bridesmaid, Halloween, 2009, 56x78 cm., pencil + soft pastel drawing

 

 

 

 

Tagged With: portrait, self-portrait

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