Boteh 2 Painting

Juliette Kalse was born (1959) in Iran and lived there until she was ten years old. She remains aware of her Persian roots and uses this in her artworks. She is always looking for the connection between the two countries within herself. “This painting was created from a constant going around in thinking about Iran and the Netherlands and all my experiences there. The completely different cultures led me to search for contrasts and connections and to express them visually. The feeling is expressed in a chaotic, colorful maze of lines and shapes and the ratio in calmly painted geometric surfaces, reminiscent of the boteh motif of the Persian carpets of my youth. However, the contrasts also had to come together in my head, so the search for harmony within a work was also necessary. Expression with both feet on the ground. Whichever side of the earth.