Mila Lanfermeijer
Work Information

Ongoing Series, Silk Dye on Silk Cotton, 160 x 160 cm

A new series of works taking the shape of a joint array of monochromatic textile elements—displayed in different circular and angular wall-mounted shapes and configurations. The respective application of colors in the work stems from an analysis of different paintings—among the Portrait of Edith Schiele (Egon Schiele, 1915) and Portrait of Laura Dianti (Titian, 1520-1525)—both portraying textile garments in the shape of robes. The different colors drawn from the source material are isolated and subjected to a process of abstraction, presented in diagrammatic fashion, to some extent connoting color field paintings. However, on closer observation, one could discern a zipper attached to one of the untied circularly shaped works, as well as different waist sizes, marked by the variations in space left in the center of the work.

Excerpt from text by Niekolaas Johannes Lekkerkerk
Images by Kyle Tryhorn

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