Saar Scheerlings 1990
Lives in Saint Thibault (FR). Works in Saint Thibault (FR).
Represented by:
Galerie Fleur & Wouter
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Unfolding a tea box provided Saar Scheerlings (Eindhoven, 1990) a form. She decided to paint it the way she saw at a weavers' village in the Himalayas. These forms took on a life of their own they led to sculptures and most recently to thrones. Saar builds to the material culture of a fictitious civilization. Inspired by ethnographic collections in museums, textile crafts and building methods the work is a search for a sense of inspiration and meaning such as we know from ancient cultures and religious artifacts like Talismans. In doing so, Saar looks at traditional ways of making. She works with second-hand materials such as mattresses from a bankrupt holiday park, fabrics from old theaters and from fashion brands or clothes from thrift stores. In in contrast to the speed and technologization of today's society, Saar's sculptures are a plea for craftsmanship and durability. The special fabrics in her sculptures get where they are straight to have a life as a work of art.
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In the middle of her installation, Saar Scheerlings tells us how her work is created and about the fictional civilization in which visitors are welcomed with a cup of home-brewed liquor.
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After graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven, Saar Scheerlings (NL, 1990) set out on a path that has led to the creation of visual art. Her art is an endless mill of production, constantly susceptible to outside influences. It is a process like a trade route or port where all kinds of previously unknown things can influence each other. Her work has been shown in various international museum shows, such as Zuiderzeemuseum, Fries Museum, Design Museum Gent and Dutch Parade, Hanwha Galleria Seoul, South Korea. Saar lives and works in the remote village of Saint Thibault, France.
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Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1990
Education
Design Academy Eindhoven, graduated 2014
Exhibitions
2020
Sight by Sight, Johan Kleinjan & Saar Scheerlings, Galerie Fleur & Wouter
Kleureyck, Design Museum Gent
Dutch Parade, Hanwha Galleria Seoul
2019
How&Wow Crafts Council NL, Dutch Design Week
Key Figures, NR8 Arnhem
Rumours Rotterdam
2018
Sitstentoonstelling, Fries Museum
Ambacht in Dracht, Zuiderzeemuseum
Designkwartier Den Haag
Between Bars, de Sociale Dienst Eindhoven
Education
Design Academy Eindhoven, graduated 2014
Exhibitions
2020
Sight by Sight, Johan Kleinjan & Saar Scheerlings, Galerie Fleur & Wouter
Kleureyck, Design Museum Gent
Dutch Parade, Hanwha Galleria Seoul
2019
How&Wow Crafts Council NL, Dutch Design Week
Key Figures, NR8 Arnhem
Rumours Rotterdam
2018
Sitstentoonstelling, Fries Museum
Ambacht in Dracht, Zuiderzeemuseum
Designkwartier Den Haag
Between Bars, de Sociale Dienst Eindhoven