Femke Hiemstra

This was a total random purchase on Ebay and I didn't expect to fall in love and feel so inspired by it as I am!

Hiemestra's classic cartoon meets old school advertising with a whimsical, but heartbreaking, amusing, and confusing twist is instantly arresting with its bright poppiness, but taking more than a moment there is wry darkness, shy pain, and a need break the world down under the sugary surface.

I love her work on found objects and her own exploration of Surrealism and strangeness, unfettered by Breton's draconian manifestos and the classic movements misogyny, despite the phenemonal women of Surrealism.

It's moments like this I am confronted with being incredibly limited with anything to say about art, which I am working on, but I know that I love what I see aesthetically, what I see beneath the surface, how much of my own feelings I see in Hiemestra's work, and how in awe and inspired I am..

There's a teaser/ flip through of this book on YouTube: https://youtu.be/3kCOyYRYoFY?si=r31Ka4ifCHPH3rFO… (més)