Dorita Savert

In her paintings and drawings, Dorita Savert explores the field of tension between beauty and the pathetically kitsch. Closer inspection of what at first appear to be figurative, poetic landscapes and flower still lifes reveals a second layer. The viewer is dared to go on a journey through many places and times. The fictional world of the work may be read as an unprosaic homage to nature. In some works details of flowers are enlarged enormously while in other works they are reduced to a minimum. Parts of old maps or diaries are added and there arises an interface where history, science and human emotion come together.

Nothing is what it seems in this work. Questions are asked about how we observe, how we translate these observations and, thus, how we perceive.

With titles that refer to the cosmetic industry, Dorita Savert presents beauty, ideal beauty, transience and relativity. The artist subtly comments on the way  society today views the ideal of beauty. All this takes shape in her work in a paradoxical and idiosyncratic manner, imbued with a subtle sense of humour.

Savert studied at the Academy of Fine Art in Arnhem. Her exhibitions include:
CBK, Arnhem; De Oosterkerk, Amsterdam (Netherlands, solo); Kunstuitleen Friesland, Leeuwarden (Netherlands, solo); Museum 't Coopmanshûs, Franeker (Netherlands, solo); Galerie d'Eglantier, Amsterdam (Netherlands, solo); Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (Netherlands); Museum Joure (Netherlands, solo); Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft (Netherlands); Noorderlicht Fotomanifestatie, Leeuwarden (Netherlands); Galerie CCRix, Antwerp (Belgium, solo); Galerie De Voorui, Ghent (Belgium, solo); World Wide Videofestival, The Hague (Netherlands); Fukui AV Center, Fukui (Japan); Videonale, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (Germany); Elac, Lyon (France); Multimediale, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe (Germany); International Art Festiva, Györ (Hungary).

Publications and interviews. The Netherlands: AVRO Radio 2; De Gelderlander; Leeuwarder Courant; Kabeltelevisie Amsterdam; Mediamatic; The sustainability of video art, Foundation for the Conservation of Modern Art; catalogue Museum 't Coopmanshûs (solo). Belgium: De Morgen. Germany: catalogue Videonale Bonn; catalogue Multimediale Karlsruhe.
Collections: Stichting Beeldende Kunst Friesland; Collection Hekkelman Arnhem; Rotterdam City Library; Artotheek The Hague; Györ International Art Festival; Time Based Arts / Montevideo Amsterdam and various private collections.

Professional Affiliations: de Alliantie, Rhedense Stichting voor Kunst & Cultuur.

 

(Price: paintings € 350 - € 2000, drawings € 150 - € 400)