Folkeringa makes figurative sculptures that represent complex characters. They are as much laborious and detailed as unpolished, raw and untamed. Her work illustrates the fragility and power of interpersonal communication. The inspiration for her characters come from her environment and the people that she meets or observes from a distance, but also from movies, books and the news. Maartje is especially fascinated and touched by conflicts where “the unspoken” causes discomfort.
Press release: Maartje Folkeringa
The Instituto Buena Bista – in collaboration with the fonds voor beeldende kunst (fund for the visual arts) in amsterdam- has for the past 3 months had the dutch visual artist Maartje Folkeringa as a guest in her residency program. Alongside her own work she also developed a workshop with the IBB students. We invite […]
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Maartje Folkeringa writes about her residency on Curacao [2]
Maartje Folkeringa | With Faultless i close my bedroom door, with bern the porch door, with Guard the front door and with Abus the gate at the frontside of the house. Three minutes later i open a gate with Nemef, another one with Ivana, the third with Fearless and finally my studio door with Ivana […]
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Maartje Folkeringa writes about her residency on Curacao
Maartje Folkeringa | I sit on a porch. Tequila is laying there sleeping with her legs in the air. Sipping on my yellow Tip-Top lemonade drink i write on my laptop. I’m sweaty. Outside i can regularly hear the exploding fireworks and inside a clarinet, played by Arjan Kappers. He’s the partner of visual artist […]
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