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Nouwen draws inspiration from images she has collected: observations from everyday life, historical and popular visual culture, optical illusions, and grotesque or humorous finds. This personal archive functions as a space for reflection, in which images are allowed to mature.
The artist initially paints meticulously from photographs sourced from the media, the internet, art history, or her personal archive. However, the original image never remains intact. Once Nouwen becomes familiar with it, she intervenes: overpainting, scratching, wiping away, or adding new elements. These interventions are not decorative but essential to her working process. Nouwen seeks to reveal the scars of creation. The paint is not smoothed over, but presented in all its forms – rough or refined, lumpy or smooth, subdued or bold.
The artist works across three media simultaneously – paper, oil on canvas and copper plate – which continually influence one another. On paper, quick notes, cut-outs and shifts…
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Nouwen draws inspiration from images she has collected: observations from everyday life, historical and popular visual culture, optical illusions, and grotesque or humorous finds. This personal archive functions as a space for reflection, in which images are allowed to mature.
The artist initially paints meticulously from photographs sourced from the media, the internet, art history, or her personal archive. However, the original image never remains intact. Once Nouwen becomes familiar with it, she intervenes: overpainting, scratching, wiping away, or adding new elements. These interventions are not decorative but essential to her working process. Nouwen seeks to reveal the scars of creation. The paint is not smoothed over, but presented in all its forms – rough or refined, lumpy or smooth, subdued or bold.
The artist works across three media simultaneously – paper, oil on canvas and copper plate – which continually influence one another. On paper, quick notes, cut-outs and shifts…
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