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Marlene Dumas — No Reflection (Jou Hande is Klewerig)
Marlene Dumas

No Reflection (Jou Hande is Klewerig)

1986

"No Reflection (Jou Hande is Klewerig)" by Marlene Dumas employs gouache and charcoal on paper to create a work that exemplifies the artist's characteristic gestural approach to figuration. The title, which includes Afrikaans text meaning "Your Hands are Sticky," suggests themes of contamination or transgression that align with Dumas's broader interest in challenging and destabilizing representation. The combination of fluid gouache with the raw immediacy of charcoal creates a tension between painterly control and expressive mark making that is central to her artistic practice.

Medium
gouache and charcoal on paper

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Marlene Dumas, No Reflection (Jou Hande is Klewerig), 1986

"No Reflection (Jou Hande is Klewerig)" by Marlene Dumas employs gouache and charcoal on paper to create a work that exemplifies the artist's characteristic gestural approach to figuration. The title, which includes Afrikaans text meaning "Your Hands are Sticky," suggests themes of contamination or transgression that align with Dumas's broader interest in challenging and destabilizing representation. The combination of fluid gouache with the raw immediacy of charcoal creates a tension between painterly control and expressive mark making that is central to her artistic practice.

Medium
gouache and charcoal on paper
Year
1986
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Psychological introspection, Figurative Painting, Human vulnerability, Expressionism, Mixed Media, South African Artist, Canvas, Abstract Expressionism, Gestural Abstraction, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century

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Art Institute of Chicago