Artist Statement:
Windows and female figures have been a recurring element in my work. But in this series,
the curtains of my windows have been metaphorically transformed into drapes, *rebozos and
veils. I am inspired by the symbolic content, and poetic beauty of this pure feminine
object. Its function is multi-layered, culturally permeated, and often paradoxical: Curtains
embrace but also divide.
My story is marked by constant immigration and clash of cultures, about never really belonging
to a place. I address themes about identity as well as the tension and possibilities this duality
creates. For me, veils and shawls stand for different worldviews. How might looking trough a
veil change or hide what we see? In which way do veils and shawls function as boundaries?
What stories are interwoven in their threads?
The figures are bound and enveloped by the color blue, between freedom and confinement,
between strength and vulnerability. Blue is the color of contemplation and meditation… It
represents endless space, depth and silence… for me, a color that stands for the dream
of freedom, territory that belongs to thoughts, prayers and ideas.
Janne Reuss, 2015
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