|| RECONSTRUCTIONS OF A PAST STILL TO COME ||
'Although the paintings might seem colourful and playful at first, their underlying story is certainly not for the faint of heart.'
Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, Slovenia, Belgium, and France. I travelled a big part of Europe and the Mediterranean to film different sides of the ongoing refugee crisis for Dutch television. The impressions of these trips inspired me to create a confronting series of documentary paintings juxtaposing popular image language with the severe challenges our society faces. The goal with 'Reconstructions of a Past Still to Come' is to document the crises so that years from now, when all of this is over, we can reflect on them as a reminder of the way we used to be. (More...)
120x170 cm Acrylic, Gesso, Spraypaint and Charcoal on Canvas - 2016
'Mounir le Raisonnable' or 'The Reasonable Mounir' tells us the story of a Syrian refugee that gets blamed for harassing young women in Cologne - Germany although he had nothing to do with the horrible facts. It shows how a whole group of people gets blamed for the mischiefs of some.' (More...)
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120x170 cm Acrylic, Gesso, Spraypaint and Charcoal on Canvas - 2016
'Marie-Ange L'Auras Voulut' or 'Marie-Ange Wanted it This Way' tells us the story of the so-called 'Gutmensch'. The Western person meaning to do well by helping refugees in need but who gets blamed by some of her fellow Europeans of helping 'evil and destructive' forces overthrow our sovereignty by doing so.' (More...)
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100x120 cm Acrylic on Canvas - 2015
'Le Voyage' or 'The Journey' depicts the gaze I saw in the eyes of many refugees in Turkey, Iraq, and Lebanon before crossing the treacherous sea to Europe. A gaze that didn't change once they reached the shores of Greece and found out they weren't quite welcome there.' (More...)
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2. LONGING FOR THE EPIPHANY
||LONGING FOR THE EPIPHANY||
'Staring, gazing, waiting, imagining, fearing and longing for the epiphany that will deliver us from this ever-growing amount of existential uncertainty.'
'Longing for the Epiphany' reflects on a world that is changing at the speed of light. The way we consume imagery, spirituality, safety, hope, and dreams. Nothing we see is the same as it was yesterday and we can only dream about what it will look like tomorrow, leaving us gasping for solid grounds of direction and meaning to cherish and to hold on to.
In the meantime, we keep 'Staring, gazing, waiting, imagining, fearing and longing for the epiphany that will deliver us from this ever-growing amount of existential uncertainty.' (More...)
