Pleiades

2020 - 2022 | series

Jetted cardboard from the streets, copper pigments, ready mades, atlas maps

During my artist in residence in Berlin, spring 2020, I encountered copper pigment in the studio; works of cardboard emerged. Once returned to my Dutch studio, the series developed to fifteen works.

They are like the seven stars, nymphs from Greek mythology. The universe is expanding; the attraction between them is diminishing. The cluster of stars will drift apart.

II | 13,5 x 10,5 x 8 cm
III | 24 x 22 x 8,5 cm
V
Pleiaden I | 9,5 x 9,5 x 5,5 cm
VII | 19 x 16 x 4 cm
IX | 19 x 19 x 3 cm
VI
XII
XIII
KunstenaarsCentrumBergen, Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen | 2023