Francien Krieg
Returning rituals

Name: Returning rituals
Brand: Francien Krieg
Price: 13315.1 USD
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This very detailed piece of art is part of my series : "Precious bodies"and is in my publsihed book , the new owner of this work will recieve the book. At first glance it appears an impossible quest: to find women of a certain age who do not hesitate to show their aging bodies. I did not consider it impossible myself, even though sometimes it felt like it, judging by so many comments around me. "Surely no woman still wants to show her old naked body?" And "Seeing your grandma naked, who could be looking forward to that?" Despite these comments some special ladies who were prepared to go on this adventure did cross my path. With some, it was almost like love at first sight, I would immediately approach them as I noticed them. This is how it was with the flamboyant Anne Detry, whom I met at an opening and immediately saw the image of a living painting in front of me. Anne is well into her 70’s, she studies languages, flirts and dresses in an adventurous style. Other women I met and learned to appreciate through the painting classes I teach. This created such a bond of trust and mutual appreciation that for me it was a small step to ask them to model for me. Women whom at first glance gave the impression to be rather introverted became an inspiration for my paintings. With my paintings I can express these different experiences and highlight various aspects of aging. Some models were prepared to be interviewed and expressed their views on how they deal with aging, how they experienced it to be portrayed as aged, and what it does to them. Does the image correspond with how they experience their body? How did they deal with criticism and comments from people around them?

Creator:

Francien Krieg (1977)

Dimensions:

Height: 70.87 in (180 cm)Width: 39.38 in (100 cm)Depth: 1.19 in (3 cm)

Medium:

Oil

Movement & Style:

Realist

Period:

2010-

Condition:

Gallery Location:

PUIFLIJK, NL

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU2370214074492

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Francien Krieg

Francien Krieg Francien Krieg [1973] is a Dutch artist who lives in the countryside in the middle of The Netherlands. She is living there with her two children and husband, working fulltime in her studio. She graduated from the Royal art academy in The Hague in 1998, obtaining a degree in Monumental art, which brought her to think conceptually and during which she discovered her fascination for the human body. Francien Krieg expressed her thoughts in these academic years with meat installations and human skins made of rubber. A few years later, she picked up her passion for painting at The Free Academy of The Hague. She expressed her fascination for the human body in paintings with unusual body perspectives. Soon her work was picked up by art collectors and art galleries. Her work became part of important Dutch art collections like the ING Collection and the former Scheringa collection. One of the better galleries in The Netherlands, Gallery Mokum in Amsterdam, picked up on the quality of her work and initiated a cooperation. Francien’s career development brought her works to be shown at exhibitions like the art fair Scope Basel, the art fair Realisme Amsterdam, Robert Lange Studios in Charleston USA, From motion to Stillness Chicago at Zhou B art center, Townsend atelier Women painting women [r]evolution Tennessee US and recently an exhibition at Gallery Beinart named Strak realisme featuring Effie Pryer and Ville Lopponen . She was nominated for the Dutch Portrait Award and shortlisted for the Figurativas 2017/ 2019/ 2020 at MEAM in Barcelona. Additionally, her work was published in the Beautifulbizarremagazine featuring a three-page article. Many articles were published with her work in online and printed magazines like: Realisme today , Artists on art , Theguideartists ,Boldbrush, Poets and artists and many more. Also her work was part of the MEAM exhibition Women painting women and Painting today and she published a book about her work 2018.