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Maeterlinck - reverse by Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, created in 2003, is a tapestry that employs vibrant and contrasting colors to depict an interior space with an abstract, almost dreamlike quality. The artwork uses layers of purple, orange, and blue, creating a surreal representation of a room with furniture, windows, and ambiguous forms that seem to float or shift within the composition. The title, referencing the Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck, suggests themes of illusion, the subconscious, and possibly the reversal of reality. Van Kerckhoven’s work often explores psychological and existential themes, and this piece invites the viewer to question the boundaries of perception and the nature of the depicted space.

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (Belgium, 1951) is a multidisciplinary artist blending technology, feminism, and philosophy in her work. Using digital media, painting, and text, she explores the interplay of science and mysticism. Her art challenges conventional thinking, creating provocative dialogues about consciousness and societal constructs.

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven

Maeterlinck - reverse, 2003

Name: Maeterlinck - reverse, 2003
SKU: 3497

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Tapestry

Tapestry Tapestry is a woven form of textile. It is generally heavy, and the completed work has a decorative pattern, design or realistic depiction of a portrait or real life activities. Tapestries were hung on castle walls and behind thrones as symbols of royal authority.

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Tapestry

Tapestry Tapestry is a heavy, handwoven textile featuring intricate designs or images woven directly into the fabric. Created by skilled weavers using materials like wool, linen, cotton, silk, and sometimes silver and gold threads, tapestries have historically served as art pieces, decorations, insulation, and symbols of authority.

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Drawing is a form of understanding, the decomplexification of observations.

- Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven

Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (b. 1951, Belgium) is a Belgian artist known for her multidisciplinary approach that spans digital art, installation art, and drawing. Her work explores the intersection of technology, consciousness, and the female body, often incorporating text, images, and abstract forms to create layered, complex compositions. Van Kerckhoven's practice is deeply influenced by her interest in cybernetics, philosophy, and the occult, which she uses to question societal norms and explore themes of identity and power. Her vibrant and often provocative works challenge traditional representations of women, merging the organic with the mechanical in a futuristic, almost surrealist style. Van Kerckhoven has exhibited extensively in Europe and beyond, with her work featured in prominent institutions like the Museum of Modern Art in Antwerp and the Kunsthalle in Basel. (Artist website)

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Lettrism is an art form that uses letters, words, and symbols to create artwork. The movement was established in Paris in the 1940s and later gained popularity in the 1950s in America. Lettrisme is the French spelling of the movement's name, derived from the French word for letter.

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Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven

Maeterlinck - reverse, 2003

160 x 235 cm

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Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven