Le massacre des innocents, 2016, h 205 cm x w 122 cm (h 80.8 in x w 48.1 in), collage of adhesive film on drawing polyester on lightbox, Also follow Patrick Koster on Instagram.
A media image inspired me to create two art works. In 2016, I made ‘Le massacre des innocents’ (The Massacre of the Innocents). It is a recurring theme in art history that mythologically reverts to ‘The Child Murder of Bethlehem’.
I found a film footage of the ‘Trollhättan school attacker’. The 21-year-old man was dressed in the outfit of Darth Vader, a fearful and masked character from Star Wars. He was armed with a real sword, making him a symbolic Roman gladiator, a knight or Japanese samurai.
During his journey through the corridors of the school building he was filmed by closed circuit television security cameras. You could these videos on internet. Two girls saw the boy marching in disguise and thought he was on his way to a Halloween party. It was October 22, 2015. They were happily embraced with him on a selfie, to then put the photo on social media.
After the photo session the young man continued perseveringly and undisturbed with his intended path and a few minutes later, implemented his plan cold-blooded.
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Een mediabeeld zette me aan tot het maken van meerdere werken. In het jaar 2016 maakte ik naar aanleiding ervan een groot werk met de titel: ‘Le massacre des innocents’ (Het bloedbad van de onschuldigen, h 200 cm x b 116,7 cm), omdat dat vrij precies de gevolgen van de geplande actie van de jongen vertolkt. Het is een in de kunstgeschiedenis regelmatig terugkerend motief dat mythologisch teruggrijpt op ‘De Kindermoord van Bethlehem’.
Van de infanticide, die plaatsvond na de geboorte van Jezus, zijn al boekillustraties bekend uit de tiende eeuw. Veel kunstenaars waaronder Giotto di Bondone, Pieter Bruegel de Oude, Jacopo Tintoretto, Peter Paul Rubens en wat dichterbij in de tijd, Nicolas Poussin, hebben deze thematiek bestudeerd en er eigentijdse versies van geschilderd. Hoe oud en vaak afgebeeld de thematiek ook is, ze is geenszins sleets en heeft zeker niet aan zeggingskracht en verbinding met de hedendaagse realiteit ingeboet.
La Fête Galante 8, Mezzetino tuning his guitar, 2024, h 50 x w 36 cm (h 19.8 x w 14.2 inch), analog, hand-cut collage, paper, print on paper
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Mezzetino, tuning his guitar while dressed in a Van Dyck civil war costume.
Mezzetino was a comedy character, based on Harlequin but with his own distinctive costume, who was introduced for the first time by the Théâtre italien de Paris actor Angelo Costantini on October 16, 1683. Constantini’s expressive face allowed him to portray the role without a mask, a tradition kept alive by all successive Mezzetinos. That novelty attracted Watteau, who featured Mezzetino in several of his works.
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I depict the series La Fete Galante at a time when there is a lot of unrest in the world. Through the treatment of the theme, I express the wish for more respect, grace, courtesy and peace-lovingness, in small and large.
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See also https://www.patrickkoster.nl/artwork/fete-galante/
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La Fête Galante 7, 2024, h 50 x w 36 cm (h 19.8 x w 14.2 inch), manual and hand cut collage, paper on paper
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I depict the series La Fete Galante at a time when there is a lot of unrest in the world. Through the treatment of the theme, I express the wish for more respect, grace, courtesy and peace-lovingness, in small and large. By focusing on dance as art in movement and lightness of being and placing it in the spotlight, I try to visually push the darkness into the background. In reality, I actually increase the contrast, which creates drama and reveals the vulnerability of this cosplay コスプレ.
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My collage artwork on light box, Family Constellation, 2021, was published at the end of May 2024 in the hundredth edition of the Netherlands’ Nobility book. The ‘Red Book’ was first published in 1903. The booklet provides an overview of the genealogies of all Dutch noble families.
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La Fête Galante 6, 2024, h 50 x w 36 cm (h 19.8 x w 14.2 inch), analog and hand cut collage, paper on paper
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I depict the series La Fete Galante at a time when there is a lot of unrest in the world. Through the treatment of the theme, I express the wish for more respect, grace, courtesy and peace-lovingness, in small and large. By focusing on dance as art in movement and lightness of being and placing it in the spotlight, I try to visually push the darkness into the background. In reality, I actually increase the contrast, which creates drama and reveals the vulnerability of this cosplay.
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See also https://www.patrickkoster.nl/artwork/fete-galante/
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