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Charlotte Schleiffert |
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Virginia, 2011, mixed materials on paper, 300x151 cm Black Dutch, 2010, mixed materials on paper, 288x150 cm Quiet Revolution, 2011, mixed materials on paper, 246x151 cm Mr Smith, 2011, mixed materials on paper, 333 x 155 cm Mr Johnson, 2011, mixed materials on paper, 350x151 cm White Dutch, 2010, mixed materials on paper, 273x151 Save the World, 2007, mixed materials on paper, 307x309 cm Thinker, 2008, mixed materials on paper, 255x140 cm
Virginia, 2011, mixed materials on paper, 300x151 cm
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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.
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