The green-grey skin of the shipping container is tarnished by time and elements. Large sheets of paint flake off, like loose scales on old metal. Beneath the weathered layers, shades of white and reddish-brown rust appear, erratically distributed like traces of decay. The colour is no longer uniform; it lives, changes, breathes. What started out functional has now become abstract - a silent witness to wind, sun and wear. A rhythm of decay that reveals unexpected beauty.
Artist Cobi de Jong is from Nootdorp and has been photographing for some time alongside her work as a draughtsman and drawing teacher. In her photographs, too, she likes to work in a minimalist style with a penchant for lines, planes and harmony... Read more…