Annelies Slabbynck
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Depressed/Not Depressed
2014
Photographs
14" x 11"
$250 each
Website: https://www.annelies-slabbynck.com/
Ghent, Belgium
VO by McKerrin Kelly
2014
Photographs
14" x 11"
$250 each
Website: https://www.annelies-slabbynck.com/
Ghent, Belgium
VO by McKerrin Kelly
ABOUT THE ARTWORKS:
The handmade embroidery onto 2 existing little silk pieces (with a floral design) is based on a PET scan which compares brain activity during periods of depression with normal brain activity. An increase of blue and green colors, along with decreased white and yellow areas, shows decreased brain activity due to depression.
BIO AND ART STATEMENT:
Annelies Slabbynck lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. At 17 Annelies started her art education by studying Decorative Arts and Crafts; she now specializes in ceramics. Along with her clay work, antique garments, embroidery techniques, and medical objects/themes take a prominent place in her art. Her first encounter with China was in 1997, where she stayed for four months at the Central Academy for Art and Design in Beijing. She alternated living and working between Belgium and Shanghai from then until 2015.
"The portrayal of physical as well as mental diseases, injuries and deformities are important elements in my art work.
I wish to map out the human body’s journey starting from birth till death. The boundary line between life and death is carefully examined, the representation of the physical abnormalities’ morbid character does repel on one hand but at the same time evokes a rather mystical and poetic attractiveness.
As an artist I aim to create aesthetic portraits of reality, although these subjects’ contents are quite raw they can also be extremely beautiful.
I am by education trained as a ceramist, though over the years my passion for antique garments and old domestic textile pieces grew to represent most prominent carriers in my art work. Integrating traditional crafts such as sewing and embroidery techniques are crucial part of my executing process. A collection of medical tools, materials such as wax and clay, all combined with the unique historical story of the antique and hand - crafted textiles are being translated into pieces of human architecture."
"The portrayal of physical as well as mental diseases, injuries and deformities are important elements in my art work.
I wish to map out the human body’s journey starting from birth till death. The boundary line between life and death is carefully examined, the representation of the physical abnormalities’ morbid character does repel on one hand but at the same time evokes a rather mystical and poetic attractiveness.
As an artist I aim to create aesthetic portraits of reality, although these subjects’ contents are quite raw they can also be extremely beautiful.
I am by education trained as a ceramist, though over the years my passion for antique garments and old domestic textile pieces grew to represent most prominent carriers in my art work. Integrating traditional crafts such as sewing and embroidery techniques are crucial part of my executing process. A collection of medical tools, materials such as wax and clay, all combined with the unique historical story of the antique and hand - crafted textiles are being translated into pieces of human architecture."
DESCRIPTION:
Depressed/Not Depressed
Two sepia toned photographs of a figure with short dark hair, oval face, dark almond shaped eyes, a straight nose, thin lips and round chin. The figure wears a dark colored garment with a close fitting Mandarin collar. Centered on the forehead is an off-white circular patch with a flower petal-like wavy edge. A cross-section of the brain is embroidered on the patch.
In “Depressed” the cross section has blots of yellow, pink and gray with a large parrot shaped section of blue. “Not Depressed” has larger yellow sections amid undulating thin green and blue bits with a sliver of purple.
-description by Teri Grossman
Two sepia toned photographs of a figure with short dark hair, oval face, dark almond shaped eyes, a straight nose, thin lips and round chin. The figure wears a dark colored garment with a close fitting Mandarin collar. Centered on the forehead is an off-white circular patch with a flower petal-like wavy edge. A cross-section of the brain is embroidered on the patch.
In “Depressed” the cross section has blots of yellow, pink and gray with a large parrot shaped section of blue. “Not Depressed” has larger yellow sections amid undulating thin green and blue bits with a sliver of purple.
-description by Teri Grossman
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