Perfection is such a confusing topic. Being perfect is often about what other people think is perfect. Perfection is based either on assumptions of someone’s grandeur and social stature or occasionally generated through artificial imagery. But what happens in reality, when the lights are off and the glamour fades? At one point in our lives we have all come across the sayings “look past the facade” or “read between the lines”, quotes aiming to remind us of the importance of authentic comprehension of situations.
(Where)After is an artwork based on Jan Steen’s 1663 painting A Woman at her Toilet and explores the exact intersection of perception vs reality. Using Steen’s theatrical narrative ...