279. Over the fence by Ruud van den Berg

About "279. Over the fence"

by Ruud van den Berg

About the artwork

This digital artwork shows four naked human figures, standing on grass, hunched over a wooden fence, with their backs facing the viewer. The bodies, rendered in an expressive, almost painterly digital style, are composed of warm shades of red, orange, pink and flesh colour, with sharp colour contrasts and flat colour transitions that give the work an abstract touch. The blue sky forms a calm background and emphasises the warm colour palette of the bodies.

The composition is symmetrical and rhythmic: the four figures stand side by side, their poses identical, emphasising repetition and variation in body shapes. Each body bears subtle differences in proportion and colouring, underlining the individuality of the figures, despite their uniformity in pose. The wooden fence, tightly and linearly rendered, contrasts with the organic shapes of the bodies and the grass under their feet.

The style is reminiscent of the human immediacy and emotional charge in the work of Marlène Dumas, albeit translated into a digital, almost pop-art-like form. Like Dumas, there is a certain confrontational intimacy: the viewer is directly confronted with human vulnerability and physicality, without idealisation. At the same time, there is a touch of humour and playfulness in the repetition and bright colour accents.

"Over de Schutting" can be read as a metaphor for curiosity, boundaries, and the gaze of the other - an invitation to look, but also to realise that looking is always a reciprocal act.

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Finished on: 22 September 2025