M HKA Ensembles

Drawing, 558 x (26 x 18 cm).

Collection: Collection VAM, Eindhoven.

The serial work Hollands Kabinet [Dutch Cabinet] consists of 558 drawings. The same amount of days the 'Kabinet Rutte' was in power. The serial work is about word play, shaping time and over the time it became a diary journal of the political roaring times in the Netherlands from the period 14 October 2010 till 23 April 2012. - Sara van der Heide

In contrast to a conventional and linear history of art however, Hollands Kabinet [Dutch Cabinet] does not divide the '-isms' into clearly demarcated categories. To the contrary, here the images mix and morph in a loop of red, white and black colour fields. We constantly seem to recognize one particular period or another, or a typical stylistic feature. The images and their connotations constantly transform and combine via dissolves. In reality, these are all 'original' graphic works from the artist herself.

The slow, almost ritual succession of slides induces a meditative mood. Throughout time and in most cultures, the association of the colours red-white-black is seen as a powerful combination that refers to the cycle of birth, life and death.