Frieda van de Poll
After obtaining a Masters in Theology and Philosophy I decided to study link to CV Fine Arts, because I wanted to create something rather than spend my life contemplating.
To put it in philosophical wordings: I want to pursue the course of form, to arrive into the realm of the imagination. It is my aim to invite the spectator on that journey.
Visual art should express life in my opinion. It should immerse itself in its emotions and it should have something to say. That is why I make use of legends and myths link to Madonna statement. They endow my artwork with witty and playful clues. At the same time they provide me with an often terrifying representation of reality, because life can be quite horrifying. So underneath every cheerful image I create the viewer may perceive disconcerting elements – rather like a fairy tale.
The themes I deal with are vulnerability, dreams, aggression & fears. Through those I would like to comment on the fun-fair the Western world has become, without moralising. The surrealistic way of expression helps me doing that.
As a sculptor I make creatures in the medieval tradition of composites, in an original combination of ceramics and knitting link to objects. They are reminiscent of Bosch's creatures from hell.
Painting however is my main medium link to In the Open. I mix my own paint and apply it on unprepared canvas to enhance transparency. Using light and colour I create an open space in my landscapes. The animals that live there invite you into the painting and do your own trekking.
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