Kate Van Houten
40x40x10 cm, oil paint, monotype drawing, & plaster boat
My title Trajetory is a made-up word on trajectory (calculation of a movement) and tragedy (calamity or sad event).
Dashed hopes (the boat), with a horizon that is a constant to reconstruct fragmentation of a world, that too, will be fragmented, yet, will never fall to pieces.
Dashed hopes (the boat), with a horizon that is a constant to reconstruct fragmentation of a world, that too, will be fragmented, yet, will never fall to pieces.
Kate Van Houten (born in 1940 in New Jersey, USA) lives and works in Paris, France.
She initially created abstract paintings with stitching and landscape paintings, and has worked on a wide range of styles and techniques including drawings and printings. After a period when she focused on abstract paintings with powerful strokes of blue and yellow color, she broke new ground with stone sculptures in the 1990s. Fascinated by the form of natural materials, she makes us recognize its history as well as the graceful sensuality through her works. Her deep interest in nature and its materiality is reflected through various methods of her diverse artistic style. Her aim is to feel in touch with the resonance of nature through emotion, which unifies her works to create an entire universe of its own. Stillness and movement belong to both nature and people - combining the two leads to the depth implied in Van Houten's principles of artistic creativity.
She initially created abstract paintings with stitching and landscape paintings, and has worked on a wide range of styles and techniques including drawings and printings. After a period when she focused on abstract paintings with powerful strokes of blue and yellow color, she broke new ground with stone sculptures in the 1990s. Fascinated by the form of natural materials, she makes us recognize its history as well as the graceful sensuality through her works. Her deep interest in nature and its materiality is reflected through various methods of her diverse artistic style. Her aim is to feel in touch with the resonance of nature through emotion, which unifies her works to create an entire universe of its own. Stillness and movement belong to both nature and people - combining the two leads to the depth implied in Van Houten's principles of artistic creativity.