Broedjurk (in cooperation with Atten van der Vlugt) The idea for the ‘Broedjurk’ arose because of the chicken disease that struck Holland at the time. The broedjurk is large and made of rags, The space under the skirt represents another world, sheltered from society. The cup implants with the enormous amount of eggs stand for…
Category: Art Projects
Although van Dapperens’ main focus lies with painting, she likes to initiate and/or cooperate in art projects in another form. These art projects have a mixed character. They offer an opportunity to her to cooperate with other artists and use other art forms. Besides being a contemporary art painter, Hester van Dapperen has a history as fashion designer, foto stylist and illustrator of books and magazines. In some of these projects you can see the influences of that history. They also function as general development and show the experimental character of the artist. This section offers an overview of some of the projects she worked on the last couple of years.
Test Portal
Projection Reflex art installation During the bi-annual international Now Art exhibition Testportal at the Docklands in Amsterdam, contemporary Dutch visual artist Hester van Dapperen was invited to create an art installation in participation with the audience and other artists. Art installation ‘Projection Reflex’ aims at audience participation. Three large colourfields catch the shadows that are…
Projection Reflex art installation
“The goal of this art installation is to shift the attention away from yourself to the unknown. I paint the emptyness. The spectator’s shadow is the temporary actor in the painting/object. The brief moment in which inspiration and contemplation connect. The projection arises and the reflection follows: Meet your shadow.” Description of the concept The…
Error of Terror
“The error of terror installation, by VRD8 (with Atten van der Vlugt) May 2004 This project is a study about the question: who is the messenger of a relatively confidence-building universal message, a priest, a president… It examines what the message can produce. The project has three stages. Part 1, An installation with subtitled pictures…
Sculpture for Wentink
At the end of the year 2005 Wentink Architects asked Hester van Dapperen to create a sculpture inspired, based on the looks of their new company logo. Because van Dapperens’ main focus lies with painting this turned out to be a challenge of some kind.All Posts