La Fête Galante 4, 2024, h 19.8 x w 14.2 inch, analog hand cut collage, paper, colored pencil on paper . Since summer 2023 I take life a little lighter … ☺️ and worked on a new series of collage works entitled “La Fête Galante”. The Fête Galante paintings were a genre within the French 18th century rococo period of art. I especially like Watteau’s mixing of theater life with real life, so that the boundary between the two is completely blurred. The lightness of being, the relaxed atmosphere, the costumes and the appreciation for intimacy: I find it all very appealing and tried to catch this joie de vivre, this lifestyle of la vie en rose in my latest art.🌹😘 . See also https://www.patrickkoster.nl/artwork/on-paper/ . #fete #vivre #galant #rococo #visualart #collage #collageartwork #lifestyle #cosmo #cosmopolitan #watteau #light #lightness #lightnessofbeing #18thcentury #paper #papercut #papercrafts #theatre #theater #instacollage #contemporarycollage #cosplay #costume #vieenrose #pop #analog #analogcollage #handmade #color
Recently Disturbed Earth, 1995, h 91,4 x w 122 x d 7 cm (h 36 x w 48 x d 2.8 inch), collage of adhesive film on wood panel
This is an older work of art that I made based on photos from the media, a method that I regularly use.
The title of the work is in part a reference to the abilities of modern screen and surveillance technologies to uncover – via satellite, drone and other screening processes – places and locations where earthly ground might indicate evidence of being significantly tampered with by human actions in a way that the technologically unaided human eye cannot easily detect. The detection of disturbed earth is a sign that something is not as it should be, that a systemic effort has been made to disrupt and then disguise the disruption.
The earth is disturbed in multiple ways: by the hidden mass graves, by the still non-deactivated minefields, as well as by the unregulated cutting down of the trees – a process of mass deforestation that jeopardises the natural ecosystem, as is the case in many parts of the world. . https://www.patrickkoster.nl/artwork/wood-panel/ . #arts #collageart #artcollectors #visualart #visual #earth #earthfocus #earthpix #uncover #uncovered #satellite #drone #dronephotography #dronestagram #disturbed #eco #disruptor #planet #planetearth #vegan #veganfortheplanet #contemporary #wood #tree #forrest #violance #disguise #pop #color #conceptart
Doppelgänger II, series 3, 14, collage of adhesive film on drawing polyester on lightbox, h 153,5 x w 129 cm (h 60.4 x w 50.8 inch)
This artwork is part of a series of 3, in this series I have researched the concept of doppelganger. A doppelganger, is a biologically unrelated look-alike, or a double of a living person. In fiction and mythology, a doppelgänger is often portrayed as a ghostly or paranormal phenomenon and usually seen as a harbinger of bad luck. Other traditions and stories equate a doppelgänger with an evil twin. The concept of alter egos and double spirits has appeared in the folklore, myths, religious concepts, and traditions of many cultures.
Art Postcartds Available. I made Art Postcards from the artwork in this post, along with 2 others. This Set of 3 Art Postcards are available through my web shop. Can be visited via this link: https://www.patrickkoster.nl/shop/ The postcards have a portrait orientation and are printed on beautiful and high quality SBS. I have made a choice from three works that I have made recently and that I am proud of. Doppelganger 2 and 3 from 2014 and Parable of the Soils 6 made in 2021.
The cards are fun to enrich your art collection or to simply embellish your home. Of course you can also send them as a unique postcard to a friend who is celebrating his or her birthday. The set of 3 postcards is available for €7,50 - free worldwide shipping. Thank you very much in advance for your order!
Set of 3 Art Postcards size w 105 mm x h 148 mm high quality 350 grams SBS paper full color printing with address lines Free and fast delivery
☘️ Revolution, 15, h 156,5 cm x w 112,5 cm (h 61.6 in x w 44.3 in), collage of adhesive film on drawing polyester on light box Les Plaintes d’un Icare (The Lamentations of an Icarus), with overview solo exhibition at Kennedy Van der Laan Amsterdam . 🚀🪬😎💎🤹🏼♀️🧑🎤🌟🕺🏻🎏🆒👾 https://www.patrickkoster.com/portfolio-item/lightbox-2014-2017/ . #collageart #art #contemporaryart #pop #popart #artistoninstagram #artofvisual #AnalogCollage #moderncollage #artoftheday #soloexhibition #instaartist #visualart #color #spleen #ideal #plaint #fleurs #metamorphosis #outbreak #transformation #innovation #plot #rising #shakeup #row #clouds #sky #jump #complaint