Artist Information:
Josephine Rutten
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Member Since: Mar 2003
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Artist Statement:
What else is the work of an
artist but her expression of a
view on the world? It is a
form of communication in that
sense.
The elements that we come
across in the paintings of
Josephine are of a
non-figarative sort. Her
paintings provide the viewer
with signs, scribblings, on
delicately coloured
backgrounds. The letter-like
drawings are quite deceptive
in the way that they suggest
writing, they give us the
illusion of language without
ever becoming comprehensible.
Hence they become once again a
world- wide- communicative
system: if no one understands
their meaning we are all equal
in our illeterateness.
It may well be the cornerstone
to the understanding of
Josephine`s work. We speak,
yet we are not understood. We
listen, yet we do not hear.
Despite our immense efforts we
are not ever capable of
overcoming our shortcomings.
This incapacity connects us
with our predecessors, as well
as with the people yet to
come. It is an awareness of a
comforting quality. The
painting of Josephine can in
this respect be appreciated as
radiating an atmosphere of
consolation.
Is it a pessimistic view? Not
at all. Josephine’s way of
painting reflects a
vulnerability, a ...
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Josephine Rutten's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Josephine Rutten's Portfolio.
What else is the work of an artist but her expression of a view on the world? It is a form of communication in that sense.
The elements that we come across in the paintings of Josephine are of a non-figarative sort. Her paintings provide the viewer with signs, scribblings, on delicately coloured backgrounds. The letter-like drawings are quite deceptive in the way that they suggest writing, they give us the illusion of language without ever becoming comprehensible. Hence they become once again a world- wide- communicative system: if no one understands their meaning we are all equal in our illeterateness.
It may well be the cornerstone to the understanding of Josephine`s work. We speak, yet we are not understood. We listen, yet we do not hear. Despite our immense efforts we are not ever capable of overcoming our shortcomings. This incapacity connects us with our predecessors, as well as with the people yet to come. It is an awareness of a comforting quality. The painting of Josephine can in this respect be appreciated as radiating an atmosphere of consolation.
Is it a pessimistic view? Not at all. Josephine’s way of painting reflects a vulnerability, a ... |
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