‘Hope & its Shadow’ 1998-2011
synthetic textile, about 2m70 long, two parts
loosely based on ‘Hope’ 1991 (drawing)

here in the group show ‘Second Skin’ in Cpunt Hoofddorp 2026 (curator Radek Vanja)
in the back my ‘CutDressCutPhoto (purple)’ 2000 (cut 2023)
and a large work by Eva Zain van der Horst

here from the other side
in the group show ‘Second Skin’ in Cpunt Hoofddorp 2026 (curator Radek Vanja)
in the background on the left a small work by Eva Zain van der Horst
and on the right my series ‘Muscle Play (stealing strength)’ 2023- ongoing

‘Hope and its Shadow’ (then still without this title) was presented in the duo exhibition ‘Kleider machen Kunst’ 2011 in Gerhard Marks Haus Bremen D
in the beautiful catalogue, photo copyright Rüdiger Lubricht / VG Bildkunst

here, ‘Hope’ 1998 (then still a single piece) in the middle of the central room (Plein) of the group exhibition/collaborative project ‘FAMILIE’ 2006 in TENT Rotterdam, in which I participated on invitation of Robin Kolleman.
in the ‘Plein’, we installed all together, without using any words - and not allowed to change anything one of the others has placed…
this group action resulted in a clash of works

other closed circuit works: ‘omloop’ 1997 (silk and metal) / ‘binding (lock)’ 2005 (cut vinyl) /

other sign system works: ‘Y-tree’ 2010 (textile) / ‘X-stance’ 2008 (photo) / ‘H&splasH’ 1998-2000 (animation) / ‘X-pose (my self to you)’ 2001 (textile) /