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In the work of Tanja Smeets (Wijchen 1963) intangible, furtive growth processes play a prominent role.
Her amorphous sculptures nestle in places where they don't belong. She has a distinct preference for uncommon,
industrial materials: polystyrene balls with a rubber coating, PUR foam, foam strings, phosphorescent polyester,
tied up plastic wire, strings of Lycra and red and black lentils in nylon.
Under Tanja Smeets' hands these materials change into sculptures that invade spaces like alien creatures.
Friendly structures that take over a building in a secretive way. The sculptures infiltrate the everyday environment
to then get interlaced with it. This creates a strange tension;
the sculpture obtains an almost natural place despite its unbridled, disturbing growth process.
As if it has always been there. Tanja Smeets was a student at the Arnhem Academy of Art and Design. She lives and works in Utrecht. CONTACT > studiotanjasmeets@gmail.com / tanjasmeets@telfort.nl |
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