A girl has fun on a swing, against the backdrop of the demolition of old factory buildings. An industrial city where old dilapidated buildings are demolished to make way for modern industry, the Philips buildings in Eindhoven, Netherlands. My hometown.
My Wasteland is one of the many 'swing' artworks I have created.
It depicts the freedom you feel as a child. At the same time, it shows how confined children live today. Inside, behind hu
n laptops and smartphones.
I created the original artwork using collage, acrylic paint, spray paint and oil pastel chalk
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…