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Carla Klein
Untitled, 2008
Carla Klein (b. 1970) has us look through a car window that covers the panorama like a blotchy filter: a dual carriageway in a vast landscape. The size of the canvas contributes to the feeling of immense vastness and space. Road markings and a few (utility?) poles lead the eye into the distance. The
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coarse, broad and barely opaque brushstrokes notwithstanding, this work looks very realistic.
Klein studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (1988-1993) and at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam (1995). She likes to focus on ‘inner worlds’ and human structures and facilities, such as swimming pools, airports, metro stations, greenhouses, and roads. The viewer steps into these scenes, becoming a part of them; however, in her impressive canvases, humankind is conspicuous by its very absence.
Text: Boris Ariaens, guide and museum host
Artist
Carla Klein
Title
Untitled
Year
2008
Technique
Oil on canvas
Size
180 x 350 cm (h x w)
Type of object
Painting
Copyright
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