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“(I don’t have a fear of the blank canvas).
I don’t start from pure imagination, but work
with existing or self-made photos as a source
material. My work forms an ongoing story in
which there isn’t a real starting point; every
drawing more or less follows the previous
ones. In a way you could say I am obsessed
with the idea of finding good and appropriate
images. I just keep on looking for images and
think about how the story should develop.
Life
Rinus Van de Velde, 28
artist currently working on a new series of drawings set to
be exhibited in the group show ’Der reiz der belanglosen
Geschichte’ at Galerie Zink in Berlin.
I am mostly completely frozen just after
I have finished a drawing. Then I sit in front
of it for hours and hours, staring and not
touching, figuring out whether it’s a good
drawing or not. I do think the hours between
3 and 5pm are the most difficult ones. I just
want them to be over really quickly.”
galeriezink.de
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