KunstRAI takes place in Amsterdam from April 22 to 26. Studio Seine presents a solo exhibition by Esmee Seebregts at the section New Positions and the ten meter wide panoramic installation by Lise Lou Sore at the entrance of the fair. Studio Seine can be found at booth 97 during the fair.
The work of Esmee Seebregts (1991) is an ode to color. Her work focuses entirely on the power, meaning, and experience it evokes. Conducting artistic research into the cultural significance of color is a quest to answer her questions. She tries to find the essence of color and to understand its sensory, cultural, and transcendental effects. The result is an exuberant color experience based on themes that trace back to origins, prejudices, and cultural perceptions, challenging the viewer to tolerate, admire, or despise the work. The careful preparation of her own egg tempera paint, casein, and the preparation of a substrate are a key element of her work. Her colors possess an enormous radiant power, created by the tinting power of the pigments and the clarity of the binder. Work by Seebregts has been on show in the Gorcums Museum, Museum Jan Cunen, Museum Arnhem, Noordbrabants Museum and at PAN Amsterdam.
For the work ‘Combined landscape of places that felt like home’, Lise Lou Sore (1986) explored how uprooting, vulnerability, and inner experience mutually influence one another. The landscape elements, on the monumental ten-meter-wide panorama, show places where Sore feels at home, combined with memories of the landscape in which Sore grew up.
Born in Niger as the child of expat parents, Sore grew up in the warmth of a close-knit community before an abrupt move to the Netherlands. This uprooting and constant adaptation became a recurring theme in their work.