Drawing 'Kitchen at Night' (Pietsjanke Fokkema)

Drawing: Pencil on paper

Title: Kitchen at Night (2006)

Artist: Pietsjanke Fokkema (1960)

 

Pietsjanke Fokkema ived by the docks at IJmuiden, The Netherlands, for ten years and had a big studio with the space for large-scale drawings.

 

i was impressed, such a large drawing with only using a pencil!Please zoom in and discover the animals ;-))

 

The artist herself:

"When I had to move, I started to draw my old kitchen in IJmuiden out of nostalgia. Drawing was a way of processing and letting go of the place.

'Kitchen at Night" is all about that: my beloved kitchen, with its magnificent view of the harbour, is threatened by a dark sky and all sorts of vermin. As you look at the drawing, you gradually start to make out more and more unusual things, from ants in a draining board to bats on the ceiling."

 

 

Museum MORE, Gorssel, The Netherlands, had last year an interesting exhibition called 'Size Matters | Monumental Drawings', where you could see dozens of large-scale and imposing drawings. All these works of art measure at least 2 meters in height of width, larger than most people themselves.

I visited this exhibition, just a day before it ended and was quite impressed. I will show you a few works. Enjoy ;-))

 

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