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GRANDMA LIVES IN HER OWN WORLD, 2020 ETCHING/ COULOIR PENCIL 7.8X6.2 IN. | 20X16 CM.
INVITED ARTIST 4.7X23.6 IN. | 12X60 CM. X2 PIECES.
THEORY AND PRACTICE, 2020 ETCHING AND AQUARELLE AND JAPANESE PENCIL ON RICE PAPER
REAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, 2020 DIFFUSE PAINTING AND DRAWING, OR ‘NIJIMI’, WHICH IS
THE MOST REMARKABLE FEATURE OF JAPANESE BLACK INK PAINTING 10.2X9 IN. | 26X23 CM.

CARLA KLEEKAMP

Lives and works in Hilversum, The Netherlands
https://www.carlakleekamp.nl

The questions about the truth of images, news, are for me, a
continuous effort to express my vision in themes that concern
me. Which values, of me and others, define our interpretation
of reality, the human standard is based on interests, economic
growth, and I try to express the consequences of these in
my work. Most of the themes in my work are focused on the
continuous suppression and exhaustion of nature by human
beings. The effect of our overbearing economy has daily
consequences, which we can see and feel, climate change,
plastic soup, fine dust, disappearing of Biodiversity!”

Carla Kleekamp is a contemporary Dutch artist whose works
include etchings, collages, watercolors and drawings. In her work
can be seen the oppression and depletion of nature by man. Both
in graphics and in drawing the pure line for Carla remains the most
important means. In the style of the old Chinese painters, she tries
to give the void in her drawings the dynamics and rhythm to play
an important role. Ms. Kleekamp has been included in Art Tour
International 2020 edition publication of artist of the decades’
environmental conservation and human rights issues.
“My work consists mainly of etchings, collages, water paintings, and
drawings. The making of these is, for me, a possibility to express
my deepest feelings. In my work, the pure line remains, for me, the
most important medium. Both a scholarship for a visit to Japan and
lessons of a Chinese teacher has been beneficial in this aspect.

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