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Item: Persiana

Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen

2014

Print, silkscreen 54.5 x 92 cm; sheet 80 x 120.5 cm.
Materials: silkscreen in 5 colors on Velin BFK Rives 300 g (AP II, edition of 30 + 5 AP)

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp / Collection Flemish Community (Inv. no. BK007828).

In Persiana, we are confronted with the subtle effect that roller blinds (with their thin, parallel slats) have on our vision. 'Persiana' is the Spanish and Italian term applied to these sorts of sunblinds, serving to protect against light and heat.  At the same time they reveal/conceal what plays out within. Another term for this kind of shutter is 'jalousie', evoking associations with suspicion, paranoia and privacy. This work stimulates the viewer to think about the painting as a window on reality, and questions the relationship between that which is shown and that which remains hidden.

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