The Target

Elvira Rajek

Unique sculpture, mixed media, 2017.

Part of Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures, original Jan Jansen boot custom made for Mathilde Willink (late 1960โ€™s).

The conscious mise en scรจne has been an important component of Elvira Rajek’s work. Having started with staged portraits, later she has focused on still life and turned to a surrealistic way of working. She assembles the pictures and thoughts in her unconscious and conscious to create a new vision and a new way of seeing.

Mathilde Willink was the extravagant muse of Dutch Magic Realism ‘imaginary realism’ painter Carel Willink in the 70โ€™s. In 1977 she died in a tragic way by bullets and till today its was never cleared up if it was suicuide or murder. Elvira Rajek didnโ€™t know this history, so this pierced artwork with bullet holes was a startling outcomeโ€ฆ

Dimensions 80 x 80 cm.

ยฉ Jan Jansen Shoe Treasures, photo Elvira Rajek.


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