Under construction
By <a href="https://axisweb.org/artist/mariakuipers"
title="Maria Kuipers"
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Maria Kuipers
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2016
Some of my paintings are torn or cut, often unintentionally as I scrape and dig and scratch into the canvas. 'Under construction' was patched up, the tare repaired from the back by incorporating a considered piece of painted canvas glued to the back.
I'm totally into self development and this painting discloses a sense of that. It carries a weight of the human condition, a piecing back together creating something new in the restorative process.
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