MARIJKE VAN WARMERDAM, Op naar een nieuwe wereld! / On to a new world!, 2004
31 x 23 cm
mat colour photo on aluminum plate, clamshell box
signed, dated, numbered
comes with catalogue
edition 42
mint
published by Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, Cologne, Germany
€ 250,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.MvW 000

The tendency to balance between reality and abstraction is characteristic of the work of Marijke van Warmerdam. This ‘flattening’ of reality may seem to make the work less accessible, but her titles always offer guidance and redemption. They function as a catalyst for the image as a whole, in other words: the image that may be viewed together with the title – as an angle to look from.

The edition ‘On to a new world!’ looks like a landscape of an unknown planet, as if it has been photographed from a high-altitude satellite. A shooting star is added. One may make a wish, it is said. In reality, the landscape is a close-up of a badly plastered wall.
Marijke van Warmerdam likes to take a positive approach, often anticipating on what will possibly take place in the future. By means of the imperative ‘On to a new world!’ she wants to face the future with an optimistic view.
KvG, June 2023

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