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Tinkebell
Katinka Simonse (born 10 June 1979), professionally known as Tinkebell, is a Dutch artist who engages with issues around animals and how people treat them. Career Tinkebell's projects have English names, and are not translations from Dutch. In 2004, Tinkebell gained national notoriety in the Netherlands with a handbag she fabricated using the fur of her own house cat. She indicated she had killed the animal herself, by breaking its neck and skinning it. The goal of this work was to raise the question why it is accepted in society that production animals like cows and pigs are killed for consumption, but doing the same to pets is not. According to Tinkebell, the cat, aged two, was depressed to the point where it could no longer be left at home unattended.''Pauw & Witteman'', VARA, 14 mei 2009. She claimed the cat was actually very ill and would die of its disease.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine During an eco-design fair in Platform 21 in Amsterdam, she offered p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daan Samson
Daan Samson (born 1973) is a Dutch artist. His work deals with taboos, embarrassments and achievements of the welfare state. Samson lives and works in Rotterdam. Together with Dutch artists Tinkebell and Jonas Staal he is regarded as an exponent of a new category media artists. By taking up distinct positions in the media, social issues are being broached. In Samson’s case, the artist distributes works that call for the rejection of the concept of sinfulness. According to some critics he takes a cynical stance, bearing resemblance to a right‑wing liberal argument. Samson calls himself a ‘prosperity artist’ and argues for a re-evaluation of material objects. Within this context, he repeatedly refers to the duality of the vanitas theme in classic painting. Our lives would only be a temporary thing, and also full of spiritual and physical hardship. Basing himself on the Calvinist motto of ‘ memento mori’ he propagates the idea that well-made products can help alleviate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
