Going Downstairs With My Shadow.
A textile figurative work-painting of wire & acrylic.
A depiction of a descending woman, the shadow present as being a second figure.
Kim's works are characterised by an emotional charge. The work is certainly figurative, but elements of alienation also appear. These arise during the process.
Female figures, sensuality, strength & vulnerability are a recurring theme in her works.
The loose threads represent growth & change.
Kim Rijntjes , graduated in Monumental Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Maastricht.
Her works are mainly made of textile. She brings with her work a sense of power and vulnerability, without being sentimental. She takes you into a world of emotions in which she experiments with..
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