Eating Out

Work made during the pandemic when people were forced to eat pizza outside in the park in the winter.

• Künstlername | artist name: Witte Wartena
• Vorname | First Name: Witte
• Nachname | Last Name: Wartena
• Email address: witte@wartena.nl
• Mobile phone: +443055243156
• Website URL: https://wittewartena.nl/
• Instagram URL: https://www.instagram.com/witte_wartena/
• Address Line 1: Herrfurthstr
• Address Line 2: 20A
• City: Berlin
• Zip Code: 12049
• Country: Germany
• State: berlin
• Portraitbild | Portrait picture:
• Künstler-CV | Artist Bio:

  As an ‘embedded reporter’ I want to report on my daily life through cityscapes, (group) portraits, interiors and still lifes.The detailed registration of my memories is important to me.
  The devil is in the detail or is it God? Although sometimes something may seem simple at first glance, on closer inspection it often has several layers and meanings. My drawings are like a diary or photo album to record my memories of locations, moments and events that usually take place in art circles.The documen- tation of the art world and the events is easily recognizable to insiders in my work.The work is neither a glorification nor a criticism, only a registration.The interpretation is up to the viewer.
  Sometimes my drawings refer to works from art history and sometimes I record what I see in my immedi- ate environment. In recent times, I have tried to break the rules and customs that I have imposed on myself and which have made me feel limited.The drawings from this period show what inspired me; works by other artists, exhibitions, art fairs, books and even my own older work. In a few drawings I portray myself sitting in front of a blank sheet, the Tabula rasa. On the desk are books, magazines, fl yers, my earlier work and a MacBook all of which were previously depicted in other drawings.This creates a quirky semiotic uni- verse of (pictorial) elements that interlock, refer to each other, and generate new meanings.

• Ich bin durch eine Galerie vertreten | I am represented by a gallery : Nein | No