Roietasman!
70 x 90 x 1 cm, © 2012,
price on request
Two-dimensional | Painting | Acrylic | on canvas
The 'Cubic buildings' at the Blaak in Rotterdam that created a sensation when they were build, look pretty dilapitated now, especially from that angle.
When they were new, I was young and optimistic about the future, and the buildings seemed to emphasise that feeling. Now they seemed to stand for lost glory.
The city can be a cold and lonely place, but also gives the opportunity to tap back into that feeling one had at 18, when you felt everything was possible.
The red bag theme was a coincidence and started as a joke, hence the title that means something like: redbagman!, but later I started using more red bags expressing the heavy bagage a lot of people carry with them.