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Casper Verborg | Anagnorisis (picnic in the park) | oil, oil pastel and acrylics on linen | 300 x 110 cm; 180 x 160 cm | 2021

Anagnorisis (picnic in the park)

oil, oil pastel and acrylics on canvas

300 x 110 cm; 180 x 160 cm (diptych)

2021

 

This painting is a diptych inspired in composition and dimensions by the two surviving fragments of ‘Dejeuner sur l’herbe’ (1873-74) from the French impressionist painter Claude Monet. It shows a bunch of people having a lunch in the park. This subject was the reason for me to process observations about this time, images from the newspaper and impressions from my immediate surroundings and combine them in a painting.

The title ‘Anagnorisis (picnic in the park)’ not only refers to Monet’s painting, it is also a reference to Aristotle. The Greek word Anagnorisis means as much as recognition or discovery. Aristotle used it in his essay Poetics to identify the moment in a tragedy when the protagonist gains an important insight. This can be the situation he is in, the true nature of his actions or its consequences.

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Casper Verborg | Lockdown Observation (de Vliet) | oil and spray paint on newspapers, mounted on wooden panel | 30 x 20 cm | 2020

Lockdown Observation (de Vliet)

oil, spray paint and charcoal on newspapers, mounted on wooden panel

30 x 20 cm

2020

private collection (NL)

 

During my everyday painting process I’m using newspapers for making marks or to add or wipe out the paint. These dirty yet beautiful pages are piling up in my studio. Now I have used them to create colourful collages, combined with small oil painted observations during the lockdown period in The Hague.