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1. [On Approaching Paintings in the Studio Context]
There are many different ways into painting. When I visited Maaike Schoorel’s new studio in Amsterdam to look at the new series of paintings discussed in this text, a remark by the French art historian Daniel Arasse felt particularly apt: “one sees nothing,” or rather, “nothing is seen.” This is because the full perception of a painting cannot be reduced to a reproduction. And in Maaike’s case, as with so many other great painters, even when standing before the canvas, the work does not reveal itself, it does not immediately offer itself; it requires time, lingering, searching.
The Dutch artist’s trajectory has been marked by constancy and by an ever-renewed pursuit of subjects of pictorial interest. At its core, however, the questions and concerns that guide her practice are the classical themes that have long preoccupied other painters.
Gaining access to the magical and in some ways restricted circle of the studio offers entry into…
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1. [On Approaching Paintings in the Studio Context]
There are many different ways into painting. When I visited Maaike Schoorel’s new studio in Amsterdam to look at the new series of paintings discussed in this text, a remark by the French art historian Daniel Arasse felt particularly apt: “one sees nothing,” or rather, “nothing is seen.” This is because the full perception of a painting cannot be reduced to a reproduction. And in Maaike’s case, as with so many other great painters, even when standing before the canvas, the work does not reveal itself, it does not immediately offer itself; it requires time, lingering, searching.
The Dutch artist’s trajectory has been marked by constancy and by an ever-renewed pursuit of subjects of pictorial interest. At its core, however, the questions and concerns that guide her practice are the classical themes that have long preoccupied other painters.
Gaining access to the magical and in some ways restricted circle of the studio offers entry into…
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