cctm collettivo culturale tuttomondo Anne ten Donkelaar (Paesi Bassi)
opera: Anne ten Donkelaar, Underwater Ballet scene nr. 22
Anne ten Donkelaar (1979) è una floral designer olandese.
Le sue composizioni sembrano dei quadri dipinti ad acquerello, dove colori e forme si mescolano armoniosamente formando delicati e suggestivi ricami naturali.
La sua particolarità è data dal fatto che tutte le sue creazioni vengono immersi nell’acqua, ricreando un effetto davvero originale. Le composizioni infatti sembrano fluttuare in un uno spazio leggero, come stoffe di seta mossi delicatamente dal vento.
Fiori dallo stelo lungo, bianchi, gialli, rosa soprattutto e nelle diverse loro gradazioni, privati delle foglie ed immersi nell’acqua fredda, creano cromie armoniosamente accostate e rimandano a mondi e sensazioni di relax e poesia.
La fragilità e la bellezza quasi impalpabile della natura irrompono con un messaggio forte, una delicatezza che avvolge, sovrasta, abbraccia.
Le coreografie naturali dell’artista olandese sono veri e propri capolavori di floral design, un inno alla silenziosa forza dei fiori, un omaggio ai colori della natura, un grido di delicata e straordinaria bellezza.
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Anne ten Donkelaar’s art has a refined beauty to it.
Inspired, as well as influenced, by nature itself, her art pieces (are they collages, sculptures, installations or something in between?) are composed of real flowers, the occasional preserved butterfly or bumblebee, and paper representations of nature that she finds in vintage books.
These materials are collected from a variety of sources: the flowers she grows in her garden, second-hand picture books, and butterflies from the botanical garden in Utrecht. The finished artworks are kept under glass, reminding of botanical specimens meant to be preserved.
“A damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, some strangely grown weeds: I find all these unique discoveries in my path and then take them home to my studio,” writes Donkelaar on her website. “Here, I take my time to explore the objects and try to work out how I can show each one to its best advantage.”
Being led by the materials themselves, she hopes to give her found objects and specimens a second life, inviting other people to imagine what this life can look like.
cctm collettivo culturale tuttomondo Anne ten Donkelaar (Paesi Bassi)
Anne ten Donkelaar’s art has a refined beauty to it.
Inspired, as well as influenced, by nature itself, her art pieces (are they collages, sculptures, installations or something in between?) are composed of real flowers, the occasional preserved butterfly or bumblebee, and paper representations of nature that she finds in vintage books.
These materials are collected from a variety of sources: the flowers she grows in her garden, second-hand picture books, and butterflies from the botanical garden in Utrecht. The finished artworks are kept under glass, reminding of botanical specimens meant to be preserved.
“A damaged butterfly, a broken twig, a bumblebee, some strangely grown weeds: I find all these unique discoveries in my path and then take them home to my studio,” writes Donkelaar on her website. “Here, I take my time to explore the objects and try to work out how I can show each one to its best advantage.”
Being led by the materials themselves, she hopes to give her found objects and specimens a second life, inviting other people to imagine what this life can look like.