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23/9/2008

Katinka Lampe

Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Bruxelles

Gallery Les Filles du calvaire is pleased to present the solo show of Katinka Lampe, Dutch painter, with her last new painting series Rebel and Saint.

About the work

Katinka Lampe paints portraits. Or at least, you can clearly recognise the representation of a person. Yet, this is not the main motive of the painting. The portrait merely serves as reason to make the painting. The portrait is the imagery concept. Inspiration is sought by Katinka Lampe from both photographs in magazines and newspapers and from reproductions of old paintings. A reproduction of a painting by Vermeer, a photograph of a sexed-up model, or a newspaper picture of a criminal can lead her to stage a scene with a model. While staging a model and making the photographs which will serve as point of departure for the painting, some of ‘reality’ is lost.

The painting then becomes a stack of conscious and subconscious stylistic choices where Lampe seeks out the tension between the realistic and the illusion.By constantly emphasising that painting is an artificial action, which refers to a considered and gathered reality, you are stimulated as a viewer. The portraits all contain something ‘unusual’ or artificial; overdone make-up or hair done up like a wig, they hence become imperfect on purpose. She sometimes opts for certain motives referring to contemporary and debated topics such as veils or balaclavas. It is not political, but a visual statement because recognisable elements are shown in an unexpected, unique context. Everything which can be seen seems to have meaning. The viewer cannot translate or redefine the image literally; the painting strongly appeals to emotion, evoking associations. This stimulates the viewer to give a personal meaning and context.

Opening Saturday 20th September from 12 am to 8 pm

Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Boulevard Barthelemy, Kanal 20 - Brussels

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