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Belgium
Drawing, Ink on Paper
Size: 38.4 W x 35.8 H x 0.1 D in
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I was just starting with the work "From Bordeaux to Black". When on the individual level at that time I found myself in a hopeless situation both privately and work related. At the same moment friends of mine asked me to help with a support organization for The Calais Jungle. We went to The Calais Jungle to hand out clothes and basic necessities. The Calais Jungle (known officially as Camp de la Lande) was a refugee and illegal migrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France that existed from January 2015 to October 2016. There had been other camps known as jungles in previous years, but this particular shantytown drew global media attention during the peak of the European migrant crisis in 2015. The trip touched me and sent me into a wave of mixed up feelings with sadness, fear, confusion and frugality. These moods set the tone for the progression of the artwork. The unconscious use of unbalanced composition. Recurring elements of brick walls contribute to the meaning of the work. The dominant urban structure and heavy industrial pipes from which fire erupts affect the anthropomorphic landscape.
Drawing:Ink on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:38.4 W x 35.8 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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Belgium
Artistic process Throughout my life, visual arts guided me like a compass, to explore myself and others. I was born in 1986 in Central Asia and moved to Belgium in 2001. At the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, I was trained as a painting conservator. There is a certain feeling that creates a desire to express. I love when I am affected by a fragment in everyday life. It can be anything: A twisting branch of a tree, a dark cloud with light cracks, an object from my childhood, a love story, an old book with a special smell, burgundy color, prussian blue, payne's gray, a protagonist, a thought, a sketchbook from 20 years ago, Muddy Waters song and Old masters. When I am working I am looking for a well-articulated method to represent each concept by using the visual language accordingly. That's why I started with video installations at some point. Video is a perfect medium for image, movement and sound. In the past two years I have been working intensively with oil paint. Technically, there are a lot of possibilities that I am still discovering. I like to examine images from different time periods. I consider this part of the lab. I have two personal approaches to my artistic process. The first approach is introspection and retrospection. The portrayal of people is my fascinating point of interest. The paintings reflect the changing relationship between man and world. The second method starts from a question or fascination with a particular use of visual aspect, for example mastering the tone and hue. What I have learned is that not a single day should pass without a sketch. There is no time to waste.
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