Staand portret van een jongeman met ontbloot bovenlichaam en cartooneske lijnen op zijn lichaam getekend.

Manon Wertenbroek, 2014

Tandem Rose, 2014

Created by Manon Wertenbroek in 2014. The artwork is a pigment print on Hahnemuhle Fine Art 285gr, on aluminum, on wood, and with paint, and displayed at 90.5 x 72 cm.

The bright colours and cartoon-like drawings on the model’s body create a playful image. At the same time, the model’s elegant posture might remind you of a classic sculpture from the Renaissance era. In Tandem Rose, 2014, Manon Wertenbroek combines the art of sculpture with the medium of photography. By incorporating the model into all sorts of compositions of colours, circles, blocks, numbers and frames, Wertenbroek explores a rather unconventional approach to portraiture. The young man in the photograph is her brother. They were very close as children, but grew apart as they grew older. Creating this series was a way for Wertenbroek to restore the bond with her brother. Yet her brother cannot recognise himself in the portraits, so that these represent her own projections rather than his actual self.

Manon Wertenbroek was part of the 2015 Foam Talent selection. Her image Tandem Rose, 2014 served as the cover image for the talent issue of Foam Magazine.

© Manon Wertenbroek, courtesy of the Foam Collection

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