Henriette Boerendans - Houtsnede, titel, 11 Maart. - Sold

Henriette Farmer's Dance (Delft, 1966) Henriëtte Boerendans (Delft, 1966) attended the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague from 1983 to 1989 and lives and works in Amsterdam. At the Academy she started with painting, but soon switched to graphics. She adds a second dimension to her apparently uncomplicated performances. She does this by allowing abstract surfaces or objects to float in front of the image, or by placing them in a separate frame next to them. These additions, which are often shown on a smaller or larger scale, create a different and unrealistic perspective. Because of these floating objects, the woodcut loses its uncomplicated character and a surrealistic atmosphere is created. At Boerendans titles do not consist of names or words. She gives each work a date: the day on which a woodcut is finished. She does this because what she depicts has sometimes been seen by her years ago. It may have stuck in her mind, but the specific day on which she makes the print determines the mood and the color that the work eventually acquires. Her works are often inspired by the travels she has made, impressions she has gained or concrete things she has seen. For example, her wooden houses can be traced back to a trip to Canada in September 1997. Earlier, after a trip through Africa, she made a series of works in which boats and water play an important role. A journey is followed by a period of very intensive work, which ultimately results in new prints that show mutual coherence. She only makes the proofs at first, until she has a series of work that she is satisfied with. Only then will she start printing the edition. Since her motherhood she has mainly focused on North Holland. “Because at least I can get there. I take my child in a sling and walk and look and take pictures of what I like. Buildings in the countryside, houses in villages. A strange tree, an ominous light. Own things such as dresses and toys of my daughter often play a role. People don't. I rarely have people on it.”