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Samantha Van Heest
«Pull Shapes (Duet)» Oil on Canvas, Diptych by Samantha Van Heest

2020

$2,500
£1,890.08
€2,206.45
CA$3,557.38
A$3,608.32
CHF 2,060.45
MX$43,697.95
NOK 24,256.54
SEK 24,176.04
DKK 16,493.40

About the Item

Pull Shapes (Duet) is a diptych that subtly explores surrealism, focusing in on the intimacy of the bedroom space. Pillows are this central point of comfort in our day to day, and the artist wanted to play with scale, mystery, and the night table drawer. Samantha Van Heest explores the intimacy of impermanence through her work, utilizing still life, found objects, and portraiture through minimalist representation. Her paintings and drawings act as a visual catalogue for her memories, a secure physical representation of how she remembered a moment. Van Heest romanticizes the minutiae of everyday life, and seeks to communicate the monumental impact of ephemera by visually referencing select objects that symbolize what it felt to be within the scene. Through this examination of memory, Van Heest also explores herself as a multiracial woman, her femininity, and her experience processing intense emotions such as grief and trauma. Samantha Van Heest's work is both personal and universal, a representation of self that unfolds to tell a unique and personal story to each viewer. She wants to discuss memory, how it defines the self, and how something so crucial to the makeup of our lives walks the line between reality and fiction. IG: samanthavanheest
  • Creator:
    Samantha Van Heest (1998, American)
  • Creation Year:
    2020
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Oslo, NO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1609210879562

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