Visual art
Happy to report that my painting “Turist” found a new and very loving home this week. Sold to an art enthusiast from Zwolle and it fits beautifully there.
Blij te melden dat mijn schilderij ‘Turist’ deze week een nieuw en heel fijn thuis heeft gevonden. Ze is verkocht aan een Zwolse kunstliefhebber en het hangt er prachtig.
Pen and ink on paper 70 x70 x 2 cm
Hereby I introduce my latest artwork ‘Fly Now Pay Later’ to you
If only we had wings and winged words that could fly us everywhere
If only we could save our last treads of evaporating fantasy
A free flight to the middle of nowhere
We will compensate,
later.
Hereby I introduce my latest work ‘Silicon Valley’ to you.
Two silicone brains and adhesive letters on metal base 50cm x 25cm x ± 20 cm
Now on display @ Kunstruimte Het Langhuis
Freedom is a dance a movement, those who stand idle and unmoved will sooner or later find themselves dancing to the tune of another
Silicon Valley ergo Uncanny Valley
(voor Nederlandse versie klik hier)
Futile Fish Eyed Vitreous Gaze 2025
Acryl on canvas
50x 50 cm
Part of the Side Show Series
Thats me staring back at you
Hiding behind the cameralens
Exploring the room with me in it
It seems a whole universe with me on it, I’m on it.
Wie volg je, wat volg je, waarom volg je, wie volgt jou en waar draait het uiteindelijk op uit?
#DO YOU FOLLOW ME + #ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME; deze twee lichtbakken, maakten destijds deel uit van de video-installatie Dedicated Follower. Deze installatie was speciaal gemaakt voor de tentoonstelling Rituelen in het Rietveld Paviljoen Amersfoort 2022. Daarna heeft het op twee andere locaties in formatie gestaan met de video Dedicated Follower als middelpunt. De video is ook onafhankelijk vertoond zonder de lichtbakken, onder andere tijdens een Grieks videokunst festival – Video Art Miden in Kalamata 2023
Lees meer over Dedicated Follower; https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower/
Video Dedicated Follower; https://vimeo.com/675842699
Complete installatie; https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-exposure/
Kunstruimte Het Langhuis Goudsteeg 8 Zwolle
A special occasion; Singulart art sale until December 01.
30% off- check it out.
(klik hier voor de Nederlandse versie)
In Our Nature – 2024
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 70 cm
Part of the Side show series
The blue letters on a paper bag smiled at me from the roadside, It has been there for a while, at least a few days. Yet it hasn’t been so long that either the blue is discoloured or the bag half-decayed. It still looks fresh. Next to the bag, scraps of what was probably a burger. A piece of grey matter in yellow-pink goo hangs bloodlessly from a white bag, with green limp lettuce leaves and a sliver of tomato as irrefutable evidence of knowledge of good nutricion. A pair of soulless and limp fries stick out of a bright red cardboard container. A striped straw protrudes triumphantly from a large white cup with plastic cap which combined with the red tray of fainted fries gives a festive look. What a happy meal this must have been.
Everywhere I look I find these silent testimonies of feeding frenzy that apparently had to take place then and there and that after a big burp of pleasure suddenly became too much. Was it too heavy on the stomach to move what was left just an inch?
Evidently, that which was picked up, wheeled around and nibbled on full of desire and gluttony had to be disassociated from as soon as possible, immediately in fact.
Those who love blue letters can move from A to B while scrabbling. Those less fond of it see mostly a correlation.
(klik hier voor Nederlandse versie)
Insomnia- [ a bed piece about bed peace ] 2024 –
155 x 90 cm
part of the Brave New World series.
This canvas took me a while. The messy bedding, duvet and wrinkled sheets forced me to look closely and study what was actually happening there in that fabric. I saw so much detail, hue differences in grey tones, fold lines, creases and bulges that had almost human traits, that there was practically no way out. In the second instance, I chose to leave out a lot of detail again, by erasing it. The turmoil in the image depicts my own turmoil from a while ago. This is my reckoning with that period.
2023- Haunting thoughts kept me awake during a period of 3 months. The thought of haunting thoughts kept me awake. The fear of the thoughts of the haunting thoughts kept me awake and made me anxious to go to bed.
Tossing and turning, it seemed a never ending attempt to silence my restless heart. Tried [too] hard to ignore noises of wind blowing, cats on roof, a car starting, a street conversation, a train passing, a party in the distance, even the comforting respiration of my man and the snoring of my cat. I hold my heart and belly as my breath is too high up and going too fast.
My eyes wide shut.
Hoping to shut the flow of insecure and sad voices within.
A glance at the alarm clock tells me that it’s four AM.
I scare myself.
All I ever really wanted was peace, peace of mind, peace of heart, bed peace.
and I finally found it,
for now.
(voor Nederlands, scroll naar beneden)
Blue Eyed Blues 2024
Acryl op canvas
62 x 62 cm
A pile of dishes. A mix of plates, inherited from my grandmother, a Japanese Bowl and a hard plastic watercup accidentally add up to what appears to be a gazing blue eye, that’s wide open and sees all. Could things have souls? According to some they have.
This artwork is part of the Side Show series.
More about the Side Show series: https://maritotto.nl/side-show/
Hierbij presenteer ik jullie mijn nieuwste kunstwerk, Blue Eyed Blues.
Acryl op canvas – 62 x 62 cm 2024
Een stapel servies. Een mix van borden, geërfd van mijn grootmoeder, een Japanse kom en een hard plastic waterbakje vormen samen per toeval wat lijkt op een starend blauw oog, dat wijd open staat en alles ziet. Zouden dingen een ziel hebben? Volgens sommigen wel.
Dit kunstwerk is onderdeel van de Side Show series.
Meer hierover: https://maritotto.nl/side-show/
(voor Nederlands scroll naar beneden)
The selection now covers 9 variations: Red – Black – Yellow- Black 02 – Blue – Black 03, Pink – Black 04 and Green.
Red – Black and Yellow are on display during PROTO, Zwolle in the auditorium of the Stadkamer. PROTO runs from June 26-30, 2024 but the works will stay longer.
More about Remains Of Today: https://maritotto.nl/remainsoftoday/
More about the R.O.T. selections: https://maritotto.nl/r-o-t-selections/
(Nederlands)
Inmiddels beslaat de selectie 9 variaties: Red – Black – Yellow- Black 02 – Blue – Black 03, Pink – Black 04 en Green.
Red – Black en Yellow hangen tijdens PROTO, Zwolle in de grote zaal van de Stadkamer. Proto is van vanaf 26 t/m 30 juni 2024 maar het werk blijft langer hangen.
Meer over Remains Of Today: https://maritotto.nl/remainsoftoday/
Meer over de R.O.T. selections: https://maritotto.nl/r-o-t-selections/