BODIES of WORK is my first (mini) solo exhibition, bringing together a number of new and old canvases, sculptures and installations. The title has a dual meaning. On the one hand, it is a generic word for “oeuvre” and I am showing part of my expanding visual and narrative work. On the other hand, it is a plea for the physical (the body) as a symbol of human vulnerability, and an attempt to manifest (female) power in a world that is still burdened by patriarchal systems and inequality. Work also refers to the work it takes to survive, the burden we carry with us, the burden I carried on my shoulders, the heaviness that has settled in my hips. The expanding oeuvre, the expanding hips. Working is good, but what are we working towards? Rest is necessary in this overheated world. Rest is revolution. Let us lie down.
This presentation is part of a larger exhibition under the title Selfie van de Ziel. And covers, besides my work (mini) solos of the following artists: Fabian Gruau, Ossa Kierkegaard, DH Mack, Kjell van Norel, Francesco Zorzi. Each of us may cover 70 m2 projectspace and each of us show unpolished personal stories each in a different way. Feel welcome.
Oh. A quote?
In my work, I often explore the physical as a longing for a more human world. As psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk states: ‘Western culture is extremely disembodied. We constantly think with our heads and rarely feel with our bodies.’ The series BODIES of WORK began during the pandemic and attempts to break through the disembodied era.
[Image snippet from wallpiece: reference woman]
