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«Sh*t Happens» Figurative Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest 2018

Creator: Samantha Van Heest
Offered by: ACE Oslo

Description
Shit happens sometimes. The artist wanted to create an unsettling and claustrophobic space where people feel most private and vulnerable. Inspired by artist Tala Madani, she created a cartoon figure to act as the voyeur, a bright and unwelcome disturbance that cannot be ignored.

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

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	New
Materials:	Canvas, Oil.
Condition:	New.
Creation Date:	2018
Styles / Movements:	Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	510172

Dimensions

W.	48 in;	H.	38 in;	D.	1.5 in;
W.	121.92 cm;	H.	96.52 cm;	D.	3.81 cm;

Message from Seller:

ACE Oslo specializes in both the collection and sale of rare and high-grade lighting from the 1900s to present day and the representation of artwork by numerous contemporary artists we believe in. Established in 2013, at the time mainly dealing with lighting, we have accumulated extensive knowledge in handling and moving precious objects. Today as an online gallery and design dealer we champion collectible design and works of art through passion, research and a deep respect and admiration.