VEERLE NANNA VERSTAPPEN
THE NETHERLANDS
“Creating a work is like building a whole new world with different colours, atmospheres and characters. It has its own scent, light and sound. Many times I have thought that my need to create these environments resulted from not being content with the world as it is. I don’t like grey buildings, concrete and the introverted colour palette. I like life to be like an opera, expressive and spectacular. I know now that I like to play with all that is here, the materials and creatures around us. I make work as an ode to life, not as a critic. I am interested in the mystical and that which it is impossible to put into words.
In modern art, beauty has lost its importance and has become secondary to the concept. I am not so interested in that. I want to amaze, I want to celebrate. I want to get lost in the aesthetics, to be drowned in symbolism and fairy tales. I want to give you a moment when you don’t need to think.”
Tell me more white lies 4 N°1097
Woman lies on a man in a white world. Branches over them and transparent material. A triangle, a spherical object and a branch are divided by space. The woman touches the man's face. They both closed their eyes.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Tell me more white lies 4"
2017
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
follow 1 N°0798
Photograph of persons in Middle ages
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"follow 1"
2016
90 cm x 120 cm
printed photograph
follow 2 N°0799
Photograph of persons in Middle ages
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"follow 2"
2016
90 cm x 120 cm
printed photograph
follow 5 N°0802
Photograph of persons in Middle ages
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"follow 5"
2016
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
follow 4 N°0801
Photograph of persons in Middle ages
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"follow 4"
2016
80 cm x 120 cm
printed photograph
Womb in Womb 1 N°1090
A woman is sitting on the floor in a cave. Flowers lie around her leg. She is wearing a green blindfold and a red and pink robe. There is light fog.
The woman in the photo just got pregnant. In this image I take her to a slab deep in the earth, where she can find the same feeling as the baby in her belly. A cave also symbolizes the unconscious. The closed eyes emphasize this again.
So you could speak of a double symbolism that refers to the same theme. The uterus, the feminine and the unconscious.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Womb in Womb 1"
2017
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
Womb in Womb 2 N°1091
A figure is standing in the corridor of a cave with a staff and crown. flowers surround her and light shines behind her.
The woman in the photo just got pregnant. In this image I take her to a slab deep in the earth, where she can find the same feeling as the baby in her belly. A cave also symbolizes the unconscious. The closed eyes emphasize this again.
So you could speak of a double symbolism that refers to the same theme. The uterus, the feminine and the unconscious.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Womb in Womb 2"
2017
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
White and black rapture 1 N°1092
You see a blond woman standing next to a sheep. On the ground is a woman with dark hair holding a lamb. The blond woman is looking the other way, then the sheep and the woman with dark hair. the room they are in is painted in black and white. They are wearing black and white clothing except for the pants of the blond woman. The light is dark almost like its night. But the light of the faces of the woman reveal it is daytime.
The photo is about a black and white raptur. It is a hommage to this color setting and the hate love relationship I have towards it. I love black and white, I hate black and white. it is not about, not being part of the sheep. rather, it is about finding your own heart and style being part of the crowd. it is an investigation towards creating an atmosphere and photograph that has the same magic to me as my pastel work. Is my style visible if I don't use my signature colors ??
Can I create a world in between this one and my imagination and experiment with it. I am challenging myself to step out of my own comfortzone and battle with color and sheep. can I find a friction there tyhat is interesting ?? I am not trying to make a happy work here , also not a sad one. Something in between was what I was thriving for.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"White and black rapture 1"
2017
65 cm x 120 cm
printed photograph
White and black rapture 2 N°1093
You see a blond woman standing next to a sheep. On the ground is a woman with dark hair. The room they are in, is painted in black and white. they are wearingblackand white clothing except for the pants of the blond woman. There is a little lamb in front
The photo is about a black and white raptur. It is a hommage to this color setting and the hate love relationship I have towards it. I love black and white, I hate black and white. it is not about, not being part of the sheep. rather, it is about finding your own heart and style being part of the crowd. it is an investigation towards creating an atmosphere and photograph that has the same magic to me as my pastel work. Is my style visible if I don't use my signature colors ??
Can I create a world in between this one and my imagination and experiment with it. I am challenging myself to step out of my own comfortzone and battle with color and sheep. can I find a friction there tyhat is interesting ?? I am not trying to make a happy work here , also not a sad one. Something in between was what I was thriving for.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"White and black rapture 2"
2017
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
Tell me more white lies 1 N°1094
A woman and man are on their knees and almost kiss each other. Everything is white except their hair. There is a triangle in the semicircular space. White branches and an object with two spheres. She wears a feather in her hair.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Tell me more white lies 1"
2017
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
Tell me more white lies 2 N°1095
A woman rises from the dust while her partner holds her by her arms. He sits on the floor and looks away from her. They both closed their eyes.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Tell me more white lies 2"
2017
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
Tell me more white lies 3 N°1096
A woman rises from the dust while her partner holds her by her arms. He sits on the floor and looks away from her. They both closed their eyes.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Tell me more white lies 2"
2017
120 cm x 80 cm
printed photograph
Holographic love letters for everyone 1 N°1098
In a holographic world, three women are wearing the same type of clothing. They all stand on one leg and point to one side. The photo is mirrored. There are rainbows and most of it is silver.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Holographic love letters for everyone 1"
2017
199 cm x 88 cm
printed photograph
Holographic love letters for everyone 2 N°1099
In a holographic world, three women are wearing the same type of clothing. They stand at different heights in front of each other and keep their arms raised, but all in a different way.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Holographic love letters for everyone 2"
2017
199 cm x 127 cm
printed photograph
Hundred waters N°1100
You will see a pastel colored design. The doll is wearing a helmet with three books on it. The books have 3 names, Freya, Inanna and Rati. Her shirt has a glittering seahorse. She wears a pleated skirt in all kinds of different pastel colors.
Two standing triangles are attached to the bottom of the dress.
This contemporary goddess looks back on love goddesses from the past, whose names are written on her head on the books.
It's also a little nod to carrying books on your head to learn to walk straight. As a modern goddess, she must protect herself from these love goddesses. If she wants to move forward, she should not be tempted too much. She has to keep the focus on herself. The triangles that pull on her dress are pointed up. This symbolizes the masculine. In all her pastels, she tries to shut herself off from the dangers of any temptations and stay focused on her own path. The seahorse can fertilize itself and is therefore independent.
This character also wants to be.
printed photograph
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"Hundred waters"
2017
standard doll 200 cm height
printed photograph
The Movie N°0942
Veerle Nanna's movie about LOVE
Veerle Nanna, Sittard / Nederland
"The Movie"
2018
Movie digital recorded
“Creating a work is like building a whole new world with different colors, atmospheres and characters. It has its own scent, light and sound. Many times I have thought that my need to create these environments resulted from not being content with the world as it is. I don’t like grey buildings, concrete and the introverted color palette. I like life to be like an opera, expressive and spectacular. I know now that I like to play with all that is here, the materials and creatures around us. I make work as an ode to life, not as a critic. I am interested in the mystical and what is impossible to put into words. In modern art, beauty has lost its importance and has become secondary to the concept. I am not so interested in that. I want to amaze, I want to celebrate. I want to get lost in the aesthetics, to be drowned in symbolism and fairy tales. I want to give you a moment when you don’t need to think.”
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