Silent Green Rage is featured in collection

Silent Green Rage 2022
Silent Green Rage – 2022- digital print op D Bond 120 x 80 cm

Mijn digitale foto manipulatie (op Dibond – 90x120cm) – ‘Silent Green Rage’ 2022 is ge-featured in de Singulart collectie : Mother Nature’s Fury.

This silence is the sound of nature’s rage The sound of sprawling greens, that finds its way against the will of human logic. This rage is even softer than a whisper, a summer breeze. If you don’t pay attention It is hardly even there. Still it’s building up anger……. in silence.

Ik heb dit werk speciaal voor deze collectie gemaakt.

https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/marit-otto-silent-green-rage-163920

(Eng) Silent Green Rage is featured in collection

My digital photo manipulation (on Dibond – 90 x 120cm) – ‘Silent Green Rage’ 2022 is featured in the Singulart collection: Mother Nature’s Fury.

This silence is the sound of nature’s rage The sound of sprawling greens, that finds its way against the will of human logic. This rage is even softer than a whisper, a summer breeze. If you don’t pay attention It is hardly even there. Still it’s building up anger……. in silence.

I’ve created this artwork especially for this collection.

https://www.singulart.com/en/artworks/marit-otto-silent-green-rage-1639201

Room 2022

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Hierbij presenteer ik u mijn nieuwste kunstwerk ‘Room 2022’.

Acryl op doek 150 x 100 x 3,5 cm -04 -2022

Room 2022 - Acryl op canvas 100 x 150 cm- 2022- Brave New World series
Room 2022 – Acryl op canvas 100 x 150 cm- 2022

U bent ingecheckt in kamer 2022. Deze kamer is, op u, de passagier na, zo goed als leeg. Verstoken van rondspokende gedachten.

Wie deze kamer betreedt, betreedt een weerspiegeling van een realiteit van keuze, geheugenverlies, afleiding en kiest er tot op zekere hoogte voor, om in onwetendheid te treden.

Wat je niet ziet, wat je niet ervaart, wat je niet voelt, bestaat niet.

Blijf waar je bent en afgeleid, vermijd elke betrokkenheid. Staar niet naar de dode Olifant in de hoek. Het is al dood en groot, te groot om te absorberen, te groot en te veel om op te lossen.

Blijf ten alle tijden kalm, kijk de andere kant op en acteer onbewust. Concentreer je op iets grappigs. Zeg desnoods iets vermakelijks.

Er is een Olifant in de kamer die nu veel te groot is, te laat om op te lossen terwijl hij zichzelf al aan het oplossen is.  Het zal snel uit het zicht verdwenen zijn.

Als er ergens een boom valt en er is niemand om het te zien, is het dan wel gebeurd?

*Originele locatie die aan de basis van dit schilderij staat is Kings Cross station,  London

Room 2022

I hereby present to you my latest artwork ‘Room 2022’.

Room 2022 - Acryl op canvas 100 x 150 cm- 2022- Brave New World series
Room 2022 – Acryl op canvas 100 x 150 cm- 2022

Acrylic on canvas 150 x 100 x 3,5 cm -04 -2022

You have checked into room 2022. This room is, except for you, the passenger, almost empty. Deprived of haunting thoughts.

Anyone who enters this room is entering a reflection of a reality of choice, amnesia, distraction, and to some extent, chooses to enter ignorance.

What you don’t see, what you don’t experience, what you don’t feel, doesn’t exist.

Please stay where you are and distracted, avoid any engagement. Don’t gaze at the dead Elephant in the corner. It is already dead and big, too big to absorb, too big to solve and too much to dissolve.

Stay calm at all times, we recommend looking the other way and act unaware. Focus on something funny. If necessary, say something amusing.

There is an Elephant in the room that is far too big now, too late to solve while it is already dissolving itself.  It will soon be out of sight.

Just keep going and stay distracted, then all will be fine.”

If a tree fell somewhere and there was no one to see it, did it even happen?’

*Original location at the basis of this painting is Kings Cross, station London.

L’Histoire Se Répète, Répète

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Kunstwerk L’Histoire Se Répète, Répète (acryl op doek 200 x 150 cm- 2015)
is verkocht en is op weg naar Bari, Italië waar het zijn nieuwe eigenaresse zal ontmoeten.

Histoire Se Repete. Repete 2015 -sold
Histoire Se Repete. Repete 2015- sold

L’Histoire Se Répète, Répète toont een venus en enkele klassieke mannelijke personages gepaard aan enkele hedendaagse mannen. De toeschouwer wordt in het ongewisse gelaten over wat ze van plan zijn, maar kan er zijn vingers op natellen dat er strijd zal geleverd worden. Dit schilderij zinspeelt op een machiavellistische, apenrots, gedomineerde wereld waar geschillen uiteindelijk altijd neerkomen op wie de grootste heeft en wie het meisje zal krijgen.
De tijden veranderen, maar sommige dingen lijken nooit te veranderen.

Dit schilderij maakt deel uit van de Metropolieten serie

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Artwork L’Histoire Se Répète, Répète (acrylic on canvas 200 x 150 cm- 2015)

has been sold and is on its way to Bari, Italy where it will meet its new owner.

Histoire Se Repete. Repete 2015 -sold
Histoire Se Repete. Repete 2015- sold

L’Histoire Se Répète, Répète shows a Venus and some classical male characters paired with some contemporary men. The viewer is left in the dark about what they are up to, but can safely assume that there will be a fight. This painting alludes to a Machiavellian, monkey rock, dominated world where disputes always ultimately come down to who has the biggest and who will get the girl.

Times change, but some things never seem to change.

This painting is part of the Metropolitans series

Installation Remains Of Today reaches 220!

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Remains Of Today 220 x- 2022
Remains Of Today 220 x- 2022

An update- it now spans 220 small artworks, together it fills an area of 3.30m high and 6 meter wide. Small artworks, who speak their inherent truths poured into a small written story, a personal time capsule made of found objects and used materials.

I began making small artworks of 30/30 cm at the end of 2018. It is basically an indictment against the throwaway culture and street junk. I collect inspirational materials from newspapers and magazines, plastic bags, packaging, leftover canvas and wood as well as recognizable and non-descript plastic and paper objects from the streets. Together this forms the basis for these small circular works of art.

I began making small artworks of 30/30 cm at the end of 2018. It is basically an indictment against the throwaway culture and the junk we leave on the streets. I collect inspirational materials from newspapers and magazines, plastic bags, packaging, leftover canvas and wood as well as recognizable and non-descript plastic and paper objects from the streets. Together this forms the basis for these small circular works of art.

Read more at: https://maritotto.nl/remainsoftoday/

Remains Of Today 220 x- 2022
Remains Of Today 220 x- 2022

Installatie Remains Of Today 220!

Een update – De teller staat nu op 220 kleine kunstwerkjes die samen een oppervlakte vullen van 3.30m hoog bij 6 meter breed. Kleine kunstwerkjes, allen met hun eigen waarheden in de vorm van een stukje tekst, een persoonlijke tijdscapsule van gevonden objecten en gebruikte materialen.

Ik ben eind 2018 gestart met het maken van kleine kunstwerken van 30/30 cm. Het is in feite een aanklacht tegen de wegwerpcultuur en straatafval. Ik verzamel inspiratie-materiaal uit kranten en magazines, plastic tassen, verpakkingen, restjes canvas en hout en op straat vind ik herkenbare en non-descripte plastic en papieren objecten. Samen vormt dit de basis voor deze kleine circulaire kunstwerkjes.

Meer hierover zie: https://maritotto.nl/remainsoftoday/

Interview in the collectors art book

publicatie ALTIBA9- Interviews
publicatie ALTIBA9- Interviews

I’ve got a publication in the collectors’ art book Interviews (with artist) van Al-Tiba9- contemporary art. This spread refers at an in dept interview earlier in 2021. This is the link to that interview:https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/marit-otto-social-issues-in-aesthetics-paintings.

Ik heb een publicatie in het collectors’ art book Interviews (with artist) van Al-Tiba9- contemporary art. Deze spread verwijst naar een eerder diepte interview in 2021. Dit is de link naar dat interview:https://www.altiba9.com/artist-interviews/marit-otto-social-issues-in-aesthetics-paintings.

Dedicated Follower

Dedicated Follower- video still- Thumbnail- 2022
Dedicated Follower- -video still- click this image to see video

Lees Nederlandse tekst @ https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-nl/

About this video.

I’ve made this video especially for the theme exhibition  Rituals (Rituelen), which will take place in the autumn of 2022 at the Rietveldpaviljoen, Amersfoort. It will be a centrepiece of a larger installation.

Many human customs are encapsulated with rituals. I took a close and critical look at the rituals concerning the phenomenon of “following “. As an artist I am interested in decomposing social phenomenon’s, strip it from its general social acceptance and examine it on it’s true merits.

Because of the sensitive content of the video it could easily be misread or misinterpret. This is why I wrote this supporting letter. To explain my underlying motives to you! It feels kind of vulnerable to share the video with youThe reason to publish it ahead of the exhibition is to examine the sentiments it arouses and if the message I want to send comes across the way I hope.

So here goes:

The difference between following and following– I feel more or less obliged to clarify what I mean by following within this context, because we more or less all follow and imitate, constantly, consciously, unconsciously and since the dawn of time.

I make the distinction between critical following and blind following. The following I am referring to in my video is blind and fanatic. In the blind variety the critical ability kind of disappears and dedication and fanaticism gradually increases. A fanatical follower more or less surrenders his uniqueness and literally hands over his individuality and power. What consequences this may have thereafter depends entirely on the followed, to whom this authority is granted to. Passionate following sounds fairly harmless, but is it really?

To follow, anno now, anno the past, anno the future – Following, anno now, is something that literally engages masses of people on all kinds of different levels. Because it has an enormous social, commercial and economic impact, it raises the question to what extent we are slowly losing our autonomy en masse and what possible consequences are still in store for us. How will we look back on this in the future or is the future a more extreme continuation of what we are experiencing today?

Read expanded version @https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-eng/

Lees de uitgebreide versie in het Nederlands @https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-nl/

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Disclaimer (wrote on 09-02-2022) Although I wanted to take this topic of ‘following’ to the cutting edge I had not foreseen that YouTube would remove my content on the grounds of Hate Speech. This was as shocking as it was interesting because, obviously, the content was not considered in depth. They’ve been upset over some historical images that easily can be used in the actual hate speech industry. In my defence; a kitchen knife can be a murder weapon in the hands of murderer but in the hands of a cook it’s a useful and much needed tool……………

…………….I do hope to make the viewer reflect as I try to peel off the innocence of the word follow.

Read entire disclaimer @ https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-eng/

Lees gehele disclaimer in het Nederlands @https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-nl/

Social acceptance and adaptation – So, in conclusion, we all like to follow. Following as an activity has undergone a transformation in the 21st century; it has now become a more abstract, elusive, extensive, and diffuse concept. It is currently unclear if and what consequences are tied to contemporary online following. Although I have this premonition that those consequences will be there, and that it will unfold very gradually and quietly. Nevertheless, as it has now turned into a widely accepted phenomenon, there is little to no resistance in society; it seems as natural as the sun emerging daily.

Meanwhile, a major social shift is taking place that is actually eluding our perception because, to a greater or lesser extent, we are all currently part of it. Whether the outcome is positive or negative, it seems to become an irreversible process; the system wherein it operates is too big as it is. Morals, norms, values, outlook on the world, fashion, trends, politics, geopolitics and even the perception of nature, everything is influenced and colored by this faceless system.

Having supporters or being supporter is now an important measure of popularity, especially for young people – it confirms a right to exist. In a strange way, it provides some kind of online communal sense, only this particular community is in addition to being powerful, rather superficial, infinite, and fickle and thrives on the delusion of the moment.

Following and peer group dynamics versus autonomy – There appears to be more polarization and divergence today than there was a few decades ago. We have all come to live in our own confirmation bubble and are increasingly less understanding of the other side. We feel safe and empowered within our group or bubble, we are known and recognized there. Decreasing tolerance and resentment of other groups is possibly a secondary effect here. Therefore, with this video I would like to make a stand for, autonomy and independent living and thinking.

Read the original concept and context, the introductory text for the exhibition ‘Rituals’@ https://www.maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-eng/

Lees het originele concept en context, de introductie tekst voor de expositie ‘Rituelen’ @ https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-nl/

Read the uncut story and disclaimer in total @ https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-eng/

Lees het complete verhaal en de disclaimer in het Nederlands @https://maritotto.nl/dedicated-follower-nl/

M Stands 4 in het Mondriaanhuis

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Mijn 3d portret van Mondriaan- M Stands 4- is een jaar lang te bewonderen naast de mooie buste van ‘good old Pete’, in het Mondriaanhuis te Amersfoort. Het Mondriaanhuis viert 150 jaar Mondriaan. Dus zeker de moeite waard om een keer voor naar Amersfoort te gaan en dit mooie museum te bezoeken.

Ik kan er natuurlijk heel casual over doen maar eerlijk is eerlijk, dit vervult mij met enige trots!

Mstands4 @Mondriaanhuis te Amersfoort tijdens Mondriaan 150- 2022
MSTANDS4 @ Mondriaanhuis- tijdens Mondriaan 150- 2022

In de museumwinkel van het museum is mijn boek Remains Of Today ook te koop. Meer over dit boek zie ook: https://maritotto.nl/boek-remains-of-today/

Boekomslag - Remains Of Today-vol 01-2021
Boekomslag – Remains Of Today-vol 01-2021

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M Stands 4 at the Mondriaanhuis

My 3d portrait of Piet Mondriaan- M Stands 4- is exhibited a the Mondriaanhuis in Amersfoort., shoulder to shoulder with i a buste of ‘good old Pete’. The Mondriaanhuis celebrates 150 year Mondriaan. Most definitely worthwhile to pay a visit. to this museum in Amersfoort.

I can act casual about it but to be honest, this fills me with certain pride!!!

Mstands4 @Mondriaanhuis te Amersfoort tijdens Mondriaan 150- 2022
MSTANDS4 @ Mondriaanhuis- tijdens Mondriaan 150- 2022

My book Remains Of Today can be bought at In the museumstore of the Mondriaan museum. More about this book, check; https://maritotto.nl/remains-of-today-the-book-volume-01/

Boekomslag - Remains Of Today-vol 01-2021
Boekomslag – Remains Of Today-vol 01-2021

Escalator 2021

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Bij deze presenteer ik mijn laatste kunstwerk, schilderij, Escalator

Acryl op canvas 120/80 cm 2021

Escalator is onderdeel van de Brave New World series.

Escalator-2021- Brave New World serie
Escalator-2021- Brave New World serie

Over het doek

We bevinden ons op een roltrap (lees: escalator) van een Londonse metro (ik denk Kings Cross) station, 2019.

De menigte wordt efficiënt door verkeersruimtes, langs platforms en naar verschillende niveaus gemanaged. Binnen deze beperkte ruimte zijn, op of neer, naar links of naar rechts de enige vragen gesteld en de enige keuzes om te maken, het simpele leven. Echter, kleine vragen kunnen grote consequenties hebben. Het is makkelijk om de weg kwijt te raken.

De staande statische reizigers worden voortbewogen op een perpetuum trap. Eén trap naar de hemel en een ander naar midden aarde, net als Dante’s Goddelijke komedie.

Deze hele omgeving doet mij denken aan een industriële lopende band. Een lopende band van poppen. Kleine doorsnee plastic torso’s in afwachting van een ontmoeting met hun lichaamsdelen ergens in het proces. Hoofden, armen, benen, haar en ogen worden er systematisch opgeschroefd en op gelijmd totdat uiteindelijk ook de naakte schaamte wordt bedekt met schattige poppen kleren. De lopende band komt tot een eind zodra het perfecte complete en betere speelgoed personages zijn geworden. Klaar om te rock en dollen in hun kunstmatige poppen levens.

Maar wat doet de haai hier? Wat staat hier te gebeuren? Wat escaleert hier op de escalator?

Escalator 2021

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Acrylic on canvas 120/80 cm 2021

Hereby I present to you my latest artwork – painting, Escalator

Acrylic on canvas 120/80 cm 2021.

Escalator is part of the Brave New World series.

Escalator-2021- Brave New World serie
Escalator-2021- Brave New World serie

About the artwork,

We find ourselves on an escalator (probably Kings Cross) of the London Underground 2019.

The crowd is efficiently managed through stretched traffic spaces, platforms and levels. Within this confined space, going up or down, turn left or right are the only questions asked or choices to make, the simple life. However little questions can have big consequences. It’s easy to get lost along the way.

The queued and static passengers are transported on a perpetual stairway. One stairway goes to heaven and another to middle earth, just like Dante’s Divine comedy.

This whole scenery makes me somehow associate it with an industrial assembly line, an assembly line of dolls. Plain little plastic torsos are waiting to meet its body parts somewhere along the line. Heads, arms, legs, hair and eyes are screwed and clued on systematically and finally its naked shame is covered in cute doll clothes. The assembly line comes to an end as soon as it becomes a complete and perfectly enhanced toy personality. Ready to rock and doll in their artificial lives.

But what is the shark doing there? What is going down here? What escalades on the escalator?

M Stands 4 in bruikleen

M Stands 4 in bruikleen
M Stands 4 in bruikleen

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Vanmorgen is M Stands 4, mijn 3d Mondriaan portret opgehaald en meegenomen naar het Mondriaanhuis. Het wordt een jaar in bruikleen genomen! Het komt tijdens het Mondriaan 150 jaar naast de buste van Mondriaan te hangen, dus dat vervult mij met trots, zo vlak naast de meester. M Stands 4 is ook terug te zien in alle PR uitingen die het Mondriaanhuis over 150 jaar Mondriaan naar buiten brengt, het maakt namelijk onderdeel uit van het logo, trouwens ik zelf ook! Zie link: https://lnkd.in/dFpdAnY4.

(Eng) My artwork M Stands 4 was picked up this morning to its temporary new adres het Mondriaanhuis. We have made a loan agreement for one year. It will flank Piet Mondriaans bust during the Mondriaan 150 year, so that fulfills me with pride, being next to the master. M Stands 4 is also to be found in the Mondriaan 150 publications, it is part of the logo, that goes for me as well. See link: https://lnkd.in/dFpdAnY4.