Dorien | 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
dorien 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
dorien 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
dorien 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
dorien 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
dorien 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
dorien 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
dorien 2021 morgue of stedum netherlands
Dorien
Dorien was part of Gedenkwaardig on 15 and 16 May 2021, an art route centered around loss and remembrance in morgues.
For Gedenkwaardig, I presented a specific life-size back view from the RAAKvlak series. An elderly woman, drawn in charcoal on paper, then printed on recycled fabric, was hung in the morgue of Stedum.
RAAKvlak consists of a series of life-size back views of women drawn in charcoal on paper. In RAAKvlak, the chair is the place where the relationship to time is expressed. Women of different ages sit on the chair that best supports their mood. In this way, the chairs reveal something about their personalities. Is the chair a springboard to a free future or the straitjacket of countless visions? The postures of the women evoke feelings of both freedom and resignation.
For RAAKvlak, I used models. My oldest model was my mother-in-law, Dorien. After her death at the age of 93 and her funeral on her birthday, 27 May 2020, her drawing suddenly took on a deeper, different, and additional meaning. She presents herself as powerful, yet also vulnerable in her almost transparent nightwear. Fading, but still permanently present.
The installation consists of a print of an original charcoal drawing on u-circular silk satin heavy fabric 100% Rpet (271 x 113 cm).