THE EGO - ALSO KNOWN AS 'YOU'RE MINE' is simplified to the essence. Only by color, shape and size does the maker allow the viewer to experience the exploration and analysis of her inner world. Even more, she wants to make the audience aware of the inner process within themselves, by having them physically step into the shadow and feel the accompanying effect, consciously or unconsciously. ‘This work expresses what effect it has when the ego is not restrained; the dormant voice of dissatisfaction that takes away the lightness of being.’
With inner openness on the one hand and an aesthetically bold design on the other, the maker tries to seduce her audience to face a painful truth, just like herself. This is what she is all about, the process of awareness in which self-knowledge leads to growth and transformation.
THE EGO - ALSO KNOWN AS 'YOU'RE MINE' is a continuation of her earlier power-paintings as the maker calls them. Extremely large conceptual emotion based canvases that overpower the maker and the viewer, with only a small detail in the center to maximise the color effect and to create a large void for the audience and the maker to float freely in, or is it drowning? Her power paintings recreate ‘the freedom that comes after acceptance and surrender, when the resistance is let go.’
For the first time she is now also scrapping the use of a linen canvas, applying color directly to the physical space and not limiting herself to just a front view but claiming a flared portion of the environment.
A relatively small mirror is located at eye level to create depth in the surface and to allow the viewer to look himself in the eye.
The design is adapted to the space. Exhibited at BIG ART AMSTERDAM 2024.