Inspiration

by Sen McGlinn and Sonja van Kerkhoff, 2001

Detail of Inspiration, acrylic and ink on stiffened cotton and canvas.
In "The Natural" exhibition, Wanganui, Aotearoa / New Zealand, 2002.

On the floor a cluster of green shoots, (the work "Inspiration") seem to be sprouting through, like spring's affirmation; a faith in renewal.

Each leaf is a micro-painting on shaped cotton, with words from the poem "New Vessels" by Sen McGlinn.

Among the texts we can read "Earth turns / the river in the stars /
is gathering strength for the thaw." More about New Vessels

Sprouting grass and flowing words also appear on the interactive CDrom, "Dans le jardin des beaux arts" which also has sound and video clips and animated drawings by a few of the artists in the same exhibition. View one of the "Dans" flash movies

Related Work

Inland Soul at Sea, also installed during the 9 Dragonheads festival.
Fruits of the Earth, spiral cut out of a dried grass area inserted with plastic flowers, 2003.
With fire we test the gold and with gold we test our servants, 2003, wooden sculpture made during a Sculpture Symposium in a park in a village in Northern Romania.
Just pour les oiseaux (Strictly for the birds), 2001, installations and performances during a walk through a forest setting led by a guide.
Onder vier ogen (Between you and me) , 2001, mask-forms hung on trees, with texts and images in the orifices.
The Living Creature, 1999, performances by seven artists and one child in a rose garden in a public park in London.
Memorials, 1996-2001, ceramic tiles laid into the earth.
Te Koru Iwa, 1996, fire drawing at the Oerol Arts Festival, The Netherlands.
Letters van de Levende, 1996, 19 batikked flags along the ridge of sand dunes during the Oerol Arts Festival.