Opening: Donderdag 15 juni 2017 van 18 - 20
uur Thursday June 15, 2017 6 - 8 pm
With special attention to textile work, Saskia Weishut-Snapper creates mixed
media scenes somewhere between painting and quilting. Each work plays with
abstracted space and realism, balancing flattened pieces of fabric with
overlapping figures and scenes. Natural palettes hold together each piece, as
fabric adds variety in the form of different textures that become their own
objects in each scene. The mark making varies from artfully arranged blocks
of rectangular fabric to carefully cut shapes and figures. The patchwork
nature of Weishut-Snapper’s work gives each image balance, sneaking in
glints of saturated color and shining thread among more muted hues. Lines of
thread function to piece together each image, but also to segment areas,
adding detail and clarity to each composition. From textile landscapes
to fantasy buildings, the combination of thread, fabric, and paint in
Weishut-Snapper’s work builds whimsical explorations of the
artist’s creative impulses.
A Dutch artist, Saskia Weishut-Snapper grew up
and pursued an education in Bergen, a village in
the North of Holland famous for its art colony, of which her parents were
active. Weishut-Snapper turned to textile arts in 1970. She explores rhythm
and ambience in her work, as well as subjects related to her Jewish
background.
If you are unable to attend
this show, then have a look at my work online
http://www.art-mine.com/artistpage
