Cornelie Tollens "Hunters Mourning # 2", 2007

UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS.- Flatland Gallery presents Exotica: Ruud van Empel, Erwin Olaf, Cornelie Tollens, Barbara Broekman, Giovanni Dalessi, Frans Franciscus, Janpeter Muilwijk, and Carolein Smit. On view through 21 December 2007. Western interest in Exotica is not new. Therefore this exposition is rebellious. For centuries the Western world has wanted to grasp the exotic and mystical world. During the conquest, colonization and evangelization we came to understand the exotic world as a primitive and savage territory where Native Slaves are born. Simultaneously, forbidden fruit and poisongreen landscapes appear in beautiful works of art.
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