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The image shows ballet girls dancing at the Museum plein Amsterdam (Museum square), in the back there are tree man working on the scaffolds of the construction site, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. The movements of the builders are contrasting with the movements of ballet girls. Materials used for the painting are acrylic paint, medium and pigments with embroidery on linen. The artist likes it to select herself a good quality of linen and stretches this on a wooden frame. She uses primers like gesso and sandpaper to prepare the linen for painting. She likes to make small references in her paintings, such as ( silver) embroidery, as a reference to her past as a fashion designer. This modern art painting shows a contemporary fairytale featuring the good, the strange & the ugly. The inspiration for this painting comes from the newly developed part of the Stedelijk Museum, the construction site was visible for ± 10 years. Every time the artist cycled past the building, it was interesting for her to watch. When construction was halted because the contractor was bankrupt, the picture in the newspaper of the scaffolds became a source of inspiration for this painting. There is also a deeper meaning hidden in the painting, this is for the beholders own interpretation. Contemporary Dutch visual artist Hester van Dapperen adds depth to her paintings both physically and figuratively. Van Dapperen likes to use refined and raw materials. She finds her inspiration in the urban environment of the metropolitan area. 
The paintings often have a subliminal contemporary social message. 
Several aspects can reveal themselves to the spectator. Acrylic paint and pigments with embroidery on linen The painting will be send from Amsterdam and will be wrapped in cushion plastic and in a wooden box. If the painting is collected in the Studio in Amsterdam the painting will be wrapped in bubble plastic. Keywords: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, people, dancing figures, Cityscape, contemporary art, city, dance
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Hester van Dapperen

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The image shows ballet girls dancing in front of the conctruction site of Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. In the back of the painting there are workers on the scaffolds of the construction site visible. The Stedelijk Museum was renovated in 2012 and expanded with a new wing, popularly referred to as 'the bathtub’, designed by Bethem Crouwel Architekten. Materials used for the painting are acrylic paint, medium and pigments with embroidery on linen. ABOUT the artist her work: Hester van Dapperen explores new ways, she uses the refined and raw material in layers of which the artwork consists, instead of hiding the materials below the surface of the image, all materials are visibly used. 
Her inspiration she finds nearby her painting studio, in Amsterdam. 
The paintings often have a subliminal contemporary social message. My desire is that my paintings be a resting place, a mirror of discovery in which the viewer finds several aspects can reveal themselves to the spectator. THE ARTIST:
“In my paintings I am fascinated by the human in motion as a reflection of modern contemporary life. I often work for years with a concept; in which new nuances arise. As I was a fashion designer before being a contemporary artist, many of my paintings have traces of fashion and textile additions. The role of the material used is also important. My favourite carrier for the paintings is fabric in different quality’s. It helps to create an effect of roughness or fragility, depth in texture and shadows.
 I like to use transparent layers, textile additions like patchwork, holes, cuts and sutures, embroidery. By making paint with pigments, the tone of the color can be surprisingly deeper, more intense, shiny or mat.” She has for over ten years her own Gallery-Studio in Amsterdam, which can be visited by appointment. Her paintings are regularly exhibited, she sells and gets commissions for her paintings and occasionally commissions for statues, her work is also collected abroad.

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

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Size:15.7 W x 11.8 H x 1.2 D in

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Hester van Dapperen explores new ways. She paints persons in motion on a background of modern life. The paintings are often on a transparent carrier, most with textile insertions. She finds her inspiration in the urban environment of the metropolitan area. 
The paintings often have a subliminal contemporary social message. 
Several aspects can reveal themselves to the spectator. It began with the completion of the fashion Academy in Amsterdam and designing for well-known clothing brands like Oilily and Mexx. However her passion for painting and making objects made sure that Hester is now an established visual artist. She was selected for the master class of the well-known German artist Jorg Immendorff. Hester works in concepts, with a clear idea, the human in motion. She also wants to make the importance of the used material visible, such as with the transparent paintings in layers. Her paintings are regularly exhibited and also collected abroad; Her work regularly gets a central place at this artsite Saatchiart.com It is possible to visit her studio in Amsterdam, on appointment. THE ARTIST ABOUT HER WORK "In my paintings I am fascinated by the human in motion. I often work for years with a concept; in wich new nuances arise. The role of the material used is also important: -My favourite carrier is transparent. It creates an effect of fragility, depth and shadows. -I like to use textile additions like patchwork, holes, cuts and sutures, embroidery, or mother of Pearl buttons. -The use of pigments. By making paint with pigments, the tone can be surprisingly deeper, more shiny or matt. As I was a fashion designer before being a contemporay artist, many of my paintings have traces of fashion and textile additions ".

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