‘VerteerWezens Constellation (reaching blues & greens)’ 1991-2026
first constellation
inspired by ao the work of artist Marisol (1930-2016), i have decided to create constellations
bringing together my art works
as - like humans - we do not exist in solitude but in relation…

this first constellation, exhibited during ‘ENERGY II’ in Foundation B.a.d 2026
consists of ‘VerteerWezen 4 (lying greens) 2018 (stool, aluminium modelling mesh, papier mache of discarded magazines & newspapers),
‘reikende gekleed’ 1991-2025 (reaching ‘arms’ of grean synthetic textile 1991, sewn with the remnants of a blue lace blouse, on a 2025 wooden standard covered in papier mache made of egg boxes) and
‘VerteerWezen 22 (discomfort pair)’ 2025 (2 sculptures of eggbozes papier mache and paraffin details, on 2 wooden stands from 1991)

details of ‘VerteerWezen 22 (discomfort pair)’ 2025

overview from the other side:

placement of ‘VerteerWezen 4 (lying greens) 2018 (thank you Dico Kruijsse for helping me install):

detail of ‘reikende gekleed’ 1991-2025 in my studio:

My sculptures never have been objects to me; they are intermediaries between an aspect of me and the outside world, the viewer. My visual method is as i have been doing for years: i focus on a core of experience, and on the physical ‘affect-rich’ responses i have to this experience and the concepts related to it. By materializing these, i depict different ‘states of self’.

‘VerteerWezens’ is an ongoing series of spatial objects in papier-mâché, started in 2017. The title can be roughly translated as ‘digested-beings’. In each work, a rejected object or utensil from either my home or my studio is combined with aluminium modelling mesh, cardboard and/or other materials. This is often covered with a layer of papier maché made from shredded left-over papers, magazines, waste paper. In this way, used objects, materials and older art works are “digested” by turning them into creatures/beings.
By photographing myself behind/with these sculptures, the relation between the affect-rich object and my concrete physical body becomes clear.
The series ‘VerteerWezens’ is ongoing, and so are the related photo works.

other ‘VerteerWezens’ exhibitions: ‘VerteerWezens in Mirrors of Time’ in Castle d’Asprémont-Lynden Oud-Rekem Belgium, curated by Annemie van Laethem and Eric Roux with a new selection of VerteerWezens > publication / ‘VerteerWezens (handed down, revalued)’ solo exhibition in De Anningahof (until October 2023) /

other ‘solo’ exhibitions: ‘Manifold mumbag & fragments of the white visions’ / ‘Karin Arink - States of Self’ retrospective Stedelijk Museum Schiedam 2008 / ‘Kleider machen Kunst’, duo with Reinhold Engberding, Gerhard Marcks Haus Bremen D 2011 / ‘All attitudes, all shapeliness, all belongings’ (Walt Whitman, I Sing The Body Electric) Main Room RAM gallery Rotterdam
/ ‘Club Solo’ 2016 / ‘Hollow Grounds’ 2024 Museum Beelden aan Zee /