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Charlotte Schleiffert

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Charlotte Schleiffert (Tilburg, 1967) dares to take on heavy themes, yet often in a very elegant manner. This is certainly the case with her sparsely painted works set on white backgrounds in which she deals with such subjects as prostitution, power and subjection in an almost humoristic fashion. In contrast, her larger drawings have the opposite visual impact. These are thickly layered and daubed with pastels and acrylics. In her drawings, Schleiffert comments on images that she encounters in the media. Her figures also take on an androgynous form. Women presenting themselves provocatively to the onlooker have characteristics reminiscent of pin-ups or models, yet surprisingly are portrayed with men's faces, or muscled legs and arms. Schleiffert's social engagement is not patronizing, but it is very direct. She observes and portrays problematic male-female relationships and poverty with no holds barred, but not without a certain pathos and emotion.

Schleiffert trained at Ateliers ’63 in Haarlem (1990-1992). She had solo exhibitions several times at AKINCI, at Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp (2008), Barbara Gross Munich, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands (2011), Kunstverein Glückstadt, Germany (2006), Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2004), Chinese European Art Centre, Xiamen (2003). She participated in group exhibitions at Rebelle Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (2009), Cultural Center Montehermoso (2008) and several times at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Schleiffert is among the selected artists filmed for the project Dutch Masters of the 21st Century.