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Nel

Aerts

about the artist

Belgium

1987

The Smoker (For Fred)
2017

acrylic, oil, velvet and cotton on canvas

115 x 110 cm


Nel Aerts' practice is a crossing between painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, performance and film. Her distinct figurative work is populated by often tragicomic figures, which she portrays in simple lines and large areas of color. These characters that recur in the most diverse media function as a kind of masks that the artist consciously uses to just show or reveal her own person.

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