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"Mrs. Van de Kamp"
Paint and acrylic marker on linen canvas.
Size: 38x55cm.
Signed.
Certificat of authenticity.
/// GLAD POW ///
The Gladpow project was born in 2020, inspired by a black and white photo of the artist, the face
hidden by her hair. It all started in the street, by sticking portraits there to challenge
passers-by. Faceless portraits. For the artist, the concept of “invisible portrait” is a
way of expressing the memory that is fading, and of reviving others that are anchored in memory
collective. The concept of Gladpow: thinking about the emblems, the people we meet,
divert them by showing faces only their contours, and integrate them into a
urban environment which calls on the public to question their relationship to art and identity. THE
game being for the spectators to recognize - or not - the character(s) who are hiding
behind these erased faces. Each portrait is a challenge that only the public will be able to judge
as achieved or not.The bright colors and the thick felt-tip pen which are the trademark
of the artist, reflect his personality, his joy, the “glad power”.
hidden by her hair. It all started in the street, by sticking portraits there to challenge
passers-by. Faceless portraits. For the artist, the concept of “invisible portrait” is a
way of expressing the memory that is fading, and of reviving others that are anchored in memory
collective. The concept of Gladpow: thinking about the emblems, the people we meet,
divert them by showing faces only their contours, and integrate them into a
urban environment which calls on the public to question their relationship to art and identity. THE
game being for the spectators to recognize - or not - the character(s) who are hiding
behind these erased faces. Each portrait is a challenge that only the public will be able to judge
as achieved or not.The bright colors and the thick felt-tip pen which are the trademark
of the artist, reflect his personality, his joy, the “glad power”.
