… Louise Bourgeois was raised by parents who ran a tapestry restoration business. A gifted student, she also helped out in the workshop by drawing missing elements in the scenes depicted on the tapestries. During this time, her father carried on an affair with Sadie Gordon Richmond, the English tutor who lived in the family house. This deeply …
… Dominique Teufen (Davos, Switzerland, in 1975) uses all kinds of materials she encounters in everyday life to compose, with her photocopier, imaginary landscapes. She carefully builds up the image, plays with … the copier lid to be more open or closed. She does not reproduce a preconceived image but is guided by the material and the process. … Dominique Teufen … Dominique Teufen …
… Witte bloemen staan voor onschuld en maagdelijkheid. Blauwe worden vaak ingezet om goddelijkheid, macht en eeuwigheid te verbeelden. En rode bloemen … Blue are often used to depict divinity, power and eternity. And red flowers symbolise love. But with Margriet Smulders (Bussum, 1955) all those meanings dissolve in a fully theatrical …