Just after the first lockdown, the shops were cautiously allowed to open, I came across an anonymous painting of a forest landscape at the thrift store. I mounted parts of another thrift store painting in it. Social distancing, symbolized by the stream. Art in Corona times.
The one-half meter society as it would have been made by a benevolent amateur painter 100 years ago.
Although working as a lyrical chronicler, sometimes I see things that are not there; I photograph and edit them.
Recurring elements are: carved mannequins (humanoids) and anonymous 19th century paintings. Working from 100cm I come to sign (Nl only)...
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