About ‘'Going Downstairs With my Shadow'.’ by Kim Rijntjes
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…
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Kim's surprising style
Kim Rijntjes' art takes us into a world of emotionsKim Rijntjes shows contemporary portraits of women as they are rarely seen: she doesn't hold a face still, she lets it move, almost breathe. She builds a face from threads, charcoal and colour. Threads break and wander across the surface. Her chosen medium is unusual. Where most artists reach for a pencil or brush to set down an outline, Kim reaches for thread.
Through embroidery, both by machine and by hand, she lets the embroidered line do the drawing.…
