Why couldn't shocking art also be endearing?

by Maarten Baanders
10 September 201430 March 2022
7 min read
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Vlindertje Smit en de dienstbaarheid aan wat dood is
Het is een ordelijke, schone ruimte, niet ongezellig, ondanks de stukken paardenbeen die in hun vitrines het atelier domineren.
Beeldend kunstenares Vlindertje Smit prepareert dieren en delen van dieren. Terugdenkend aan de publicitaire storm die de Britse kunstenaar Damien Hirst met zijn geconserveerde-dierkunstwerken opwekte, zou je kunnen verwachten dat Vlindertje Smit de sensatie zoekt. Dat is niet zo. De zorgvuldige en weloverwogen manier...

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Maarten Baanders

Free-lance arts journalist Leidsch Dagblad. Until June 2012 employee Marketing and PR at the LAKtheater in Leiden.View Author posts

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