Oil on Linen & mixed media
110 x 300 cm
The
Poolside is metaphore for (material) wealth; Blessed poolside is metaphore
for those things people strive to, after they have given up on their human
identity (like personal responsability, caring about other people) and
only fight, blind, for something other people made them believe in. It
can be an unscrupulous strive to material wealth, it also can be an unscrupulous
act for 'the good cause' -a belief, an idea-. Both rarely acts or ideas
that are made upby the one who carries them out. Other people made them
believe in it.
Taken off the so called 'dignity / civilised behaviour', showing the behind
to it. Now lying on the floor, worshipping their so believed 'blessed
poolside'
Thus separating the material 'real' world from the imaginary world of the depicted group; the group has put off, left behind the 'real world'.
in exhibition 'THRILLING' at
Pulchri Studio
Ze hebben hun zogenaamde waardigheid, beschaafd gedrag afgedaan; ze tonen het hun gat. Nu liggen ze daar, op de grond, in aanbidding van het zogenaamde 'gezegende zwembad'.
Op deze manier wordt de materiele 'echte' wereld gescheiden van de ingebeelde wereld van de afgebeelde groep; de groep heeft de 'echte wereld' achter zich gelaten, zich er van ontdaan.
('Het gezegende zwembad'), 2002
Olieverf op Linnen & Gemengde technieken
110 x 300 cm