Marion Daniels
The ornament,
The original ornaments in my classic Rotterdam house and later in that of my neighbour, are my source of inspiration.
After the fire my house was rebuilt and restored to its original state.
In the initial phase of this laborious process, the contractor came up with a book full of ready-made fake ornaments with the words: 'Look, lady, look for just a few here'.
After a lot of wrangling with this contractor, I came into contact with a specialized company that does not go for fake but for restoration of the original.
There and then my idea was born.
These reliefs are the start of my creative process of research, experiment and design.
After 25 years I picked up my love for fashion again and combined it with the technique of bronze casting.
My subjects fashion, sculpture and bronze casting merge into a new way of working: 'sculpting in fabric and leather'.
Raph the Hare
Lucie Havel
I am a French/Dutch visual artist based in Rotterdam.
I make life-size spatial work, and objects which I use as interrelated elements to create a scene or setting. In my work I try to get to the core of what makes an object or a place holy. I am fascinated by primitive art and religious art, because objects have a function in those contexts. Archaeology and ethnology are big influences on my work, yet I always relate the subject to the here and now. I use common materials I find in my direct environment, but reorganise and repurpose them to change their domestic nature in to a ritual one. I transform my materials as little as possible, and simplify the techniques I use to their minimum. The shapes are simple, and the materials recognizable. This makes my work raw, sober and factual.
Lucie Havel creates large spatial installations that create certain settings in relation to the surroundings and each other.
Her work deals with the role of objects and spaces in a religious or ritual context. The concept of faith here also includes the insight of man into nature.
Archaeology and ethnology are of great influence on her work, but she always relates the subject to the here and now.
The everyday and common materials that Havel uses come from her immediate surroundings. By reorganizing the materials, she changes their status from domestic to ritual. She modifies the materials as little as possible and uses simple techniques. The forms are simple, the materials recognizable. This gives her work a raw, sober and unpolished look.
Chantal van Heeswijk
Welcome to my world
For no apparent reason, ideas come up... My hands are put to work and a reality of their own is created. I have to keep a close eye on them because when the ideas start to grow, they often grow faster than I can keep up with them. From one idea comes the other ... then again 2-dimensional, and then again 3-dimensional. At this moment my ceramic sculptures are hanging on the wall and drawings are mixed up.
Fortunately, my handwriting remains recognizable and its use of materials, tactility, emotion and a dose of humour, the fixed elements in the work. I give my hands the space to create my own visual language; a new reality. Hopefully my work also enriches your reality.
With me, you can go in any direction
I can give a performance in your theatre or a mini-show at home, make an interactive installation for your festival, Who you are Doing at your reception, party or wedding or giving a workshop creative thinking in your organization or company.
My free work (ceramics, drawings, writings, screen prints) is for sale on request, I exhibit regularly and I coach students at the Design Academy Eindhoven.
Jolanda Linssen
JOLANDA LINSSEN (1973)
In my work, the portrait is a recurring theme. The portrait as a collection of facial features, the light falling on the bone structure or a map of a human life.
I look at faces to connect, recognition. The same wishes, desires, fears and disappointments about life. For me, a portrait is a source of inspiration in the imagination of joy, pain and the absurdity of human existence.
With my paintings and sculptures I hope to evoke connotations in the viewer. You recognize a portrait, but if you look longer, your attention is drawn to other aspects. In this way I aim to show that behind the surface, there are deeper layers; a hidden inner world.
I live and work in Rotterdam.
In 1995 I graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Maastricht, first grade teacher training in drawing, painting and graphics.
In 1997 I completed the Master's degree in Autonomous Visual Arts at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam.
Ackersdijkstraat 20 - atelier 036
3037 VH Rotterdam
Katrijn Verstegen
Katrijn Verstegen hecht waarde aan de tactiliteit van kunst, zij laat graag het proces onderdeel worden van het product en laat daarbij ruimte voor associatie. Zij is op zoek naar de verschillen en overgangen tussen organische en geconstrueerde vormen, tussen verhullen en onthullen, tussen wat bepaald en wat onbepaald is. Haar installaties zijn vaak fragiel, vergankelijk, op de grens tussen bloeien en verwelken. Zij zoekt naar schoonheid, soms juist in dat wat ‘lelijk’ oogt; in het verval, of in dat wat uit verval ontstaat. De natuur is één van haar belangrijkste onderwerpen; zij werkt vaak met natuurlijke structuren, die in haar installaties ‘groeien’ en als takken, strengen of wortels langzaam de ruimte overnemen.
Katrijn Verstegen maakt voornamelijk schilderijen en recentelijk ook objecten en installaties.
