Artificialis | Artwork of the Month
Citrus & Glass
Marie Cécile Thijs
Text by Astrid Gallinat | Artificialis.eu
2015
Fine Art Print on dibond with matted plex, framed
limited editions
Marie Cécile Thijs’ photo “Citrus & Glass” shows a green rummer glass positioned in the centre of a light brown textile surface in front a darker brown background. A half-peeled lemon is floating above the glass. The detached lemon rind points spiralling downwards. Splashes of lemon juice fall left hand of the glass down, to reappear on the right in reduced quantity. Moreover, there are drops in the drinking vessel.
By the neutral dark background and the two elements, the image recalls Dutch still-lifes, in particular the so-called “Monochrome Banketjes” (Monochrome Banquets) from the second quarter of the 17th century (ca. 1625–1650). Recurring in the paintings of Haarlem based painters like Pieter Claesz and Willem Claeszoon Heda are both, the half-peeled lemon and the rummer (also known as a Römer or Roemer, among other variations), besides other aliments and tableware.
However, instead of the richer ancient meal arrangements of the Dutsch masters, Marie Cécile isolates only two elements: the lemon and the rummer. Whereas the “Monochrome Banketjes” show precious tableware on fine blankets enriched by fruits, bread, cheese, fish, oysters and other components. While the meal still-lifes are, according to the genre, motionless, but could depict the moment after the repast and before the clearing of the table, in the presented photography the lemon seems to be dynamic due to the juice splashes and the surrealistic position in levitation.
Besides of being a vertical compositional element, the glass in Dutch still-lifes enables the painter to show invisible light sources like ..
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Artificialis | Artwork of the Month
Citrus & Glass
Marie Cécile Thijs
Text by Astrid Gallinat | Artificialis.eu
2015
Fine Art Print on dibond with matted plex, framed
limited editions
Marie Cécile Thijs’ photo “Citrus & Glass” shows a green rummer glass positioned in the centre of a light brown textile surface in front a darker brown background. A half-peeled lemon is floating above the glass. The detached lemon rind points spiralling downwards. Splashes of lemon juice fall left hand of the glass down, to reappear on the right in reduced quantity. Moreover, there are drops in the drinking vessel.
By the neutral dark background and the two elements, the image recalls Dutch still-lifes, in particular the so-called “Monochrome Banketjes” (Monochrome Banquets) from the second quarter of the 17th century (ca. 1625–1650). Recurring in the paintings of Haarlem based painters like Pieter Claesz and Willem Claeszoon Heda are both, the half-peeled lemon and the rummer (also known as a Römer or Roemer, among other variations), besides other aliments and tableware.
However, instead of the richer ancient meal arrangements of the Dutsch masters, Marie Cécile isolates only two elements: the lemon and the rummer. Whereas the “Monochrome Banketjes” show precious tableware on fine blankets enriched by fruits, bread, cheese, fish, oysters and other components. While the meal still-lifes are, according to the genre, motionless, but could depict the moment after the repast and before the clearing of the table, in the presented photography the lemon seems to be dynamic due to the juice splashes and the surrealistic position in levitation.
Besides of being a vertical compositional element, the glass in Dutch still-lifes enables the painter to show invisible light sources like ..
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Read article