Rita Vandevorst (BE)
Rita Vandevorst richly detailed black and white mezzotints in small formats depict people and birds in gothic settings.
A mysterious and seductive atmosphere looms through the black and white sceneries as Vandevorst creates complex, yet calm compositions in profound and smooth textures. The abstract meetings and enigmatic figures leave a feeling of entering a mystic, parallel world, where birds and people interact in both gloomy and peaceful settings.
Rita Vandevorst (BE)
In her latest series of dark, elegantly crafted mezzotints, the gothic aura remains as we see despairing characters absorbed by darkness. Female protagonists are depicted in close perspectives, either with their backs turned against the viewer or their faces hidden in mournful positions. The characters thereby almost reject the viewer and seemingly prefer to interact with the beautiful black birds in fascinating and vague relations where their bodies at times even merge in abstract configurations. The enigmatic and mesmerising prints invite the viewer to reflect on the complicated relations between the human figures and the birds or to simply get lost in the images’ abundant darkness.
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