Frans Smit: Museum Collection
Presenting Frans Smit鈥檚 newest body of work, Museum Collection - a lucid yet imagined escape from the present, a deep dive into some of the individuals who have influenced many artists鈥� processes for hundreds of years now. His pieces twist the past with an intensity and in a thoroughly modern manner 鈥� a reflection of how Smit feels that our 21st century obsession with moving forward discards the faith in a civilisation inherited from our ancestors. That society鈥檚 obsession with change and high alert political correctness runs the risk of deleting the enormous wealth of what has come before.
鈥淚 see myself as collaborating with their own respective practices from afar. Their literal works becoming a part of my practice, trying to embody them as I recreate their work, being very much a part of the past while creating in the present鈥�, says Smit.
In an era dominated by fake news, bite sized and unsatisfying on-screen information and often fleeting forays into subject matter, original artworks are all the more relevant 鈥� and the intended antithesis of 鈥榥ewness for newness sake鈥�. Nothing compares to the intensity of experiencing the result of an artist鈥檚 complexities and process in the flesh.
Smit鈥檚 new works and interpretations couldn鈥檛 be further from the past and their original intentions, but their modern iterations and commentaries remain powerfully familiar, - that humanity鈥檚 culture is built on the back of each generation.
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Presenting Frans Smit鈥檚 newest body of work, Museum Collection - a lucid yet imagined escape from the present, a deep dive into some of the individuals who have influenced many artists鈥� processes for hundreds of years now. His pieces twist the past with an intensity and in a thoroughly modern manner 鈥� a reflection of how Smit feels that our 21st century obsession with moving forward discards the faith in a civilisation inherited from our ancestors. That society鈥檚 obsession with change and high alert political correctness runs the risk of deleting the enormous wealth of what has come before.
鈥淚 see myself as collaborating with their own respective practices from afar. Their literal works becoming a part of my practice, trying to embody them as I recreate their work, being very much a part of the past while creating in the present鈥�, says Smit.
In an era dominated by fake news, bite sized and unsatisfying on-screen information and often fleeting forays into subject matter, original artworks are all the more relevant 鈥� and the intended antithesis of 鈥榥ewness for newness sake鈥�. Nothing compares to the intensity of experiencing the result of an artist鈥檚 complexities and process in the flesh.
Smit鈥檚 new works and interpretations couldn鈥檛 be further from the past and their original intentions, but their modern iterations and commentaries remain powerfully familiar, - that humanity鈥檚 culture is built on the back of each generation.
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