Nel Aerts

Nel Aerts

Nel Aerts
(°1987, BE)
Lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

Nel Aerts focuses on an intermedial versus a (semi-)iconic way of handling materials and media. Furthermore, she observes how the position of the artist is misrepresented by the world. In her drawings, paintings that look like woodcuts that have got out of hand, performative videos and sculptural installation she questions how various media, artistic calling and the world relate, using a mix of tragedy, poetry, fiction, humour and art historical references. Humour, loneliness, sadness, taboo, escapism, the journey, the boat trip, optimism, the mask/masquerade—all of these are elements that recur in her paintings, collages, sculptures and actions. At the same time her practice and work also bear witness to a stubborn faith in the creative, material and moving powers of contemporary art. (Sofie Van Loo)

Artworks

Nel Aerts
Navelstaarder, 2021 - 2022
acrylic, oil, spray paint, sequins, glitter, oil stick on canvas
100 x 120 cm

Nel Aerts
MANDY, 2023
Oil on canvas
140 x 102 cm

Nel Aerts
La fille de la mort, 2023
Oil and glitter on canvas
138 x 111 cm

Nel Aerts
No More Love Declarations, 2023
Oil, glitter, spray paint on canvas
140 x 100 cm

Nel Aerts
Het orakel schat de toekomst somber in, 2020
Paper, varnish, acrylic, graphite and ecoline on canvas
120,5 x 100 cm

Nel Aerts
The Fortune Teller’s Green Wink, 2019 - 2020
Acrylic, graphite, spray paint and oil sticks on wood
61 x 49,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Three Times Blue, Pants Down (SWALLOW MAELSTROM HUT HEAD), 2020-2021
Collage on paper with textile, pastel, acrylic, coloured pencil, oil stick, polaroid in wooden frame

97,5 x 76,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Exhibitionist (SWALLOW MAELSTROM HUT HEAD), 2020/2021
Collage on paper with textile, oil stick, acrylic in wooden frame
77,5 x 61,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Candy Bath Towel (SWALLOW MAELSTROM HUT HEAD), 2020/2021
Collage on paper with textile, oil stick, acrylic, lace in wooden frame
77,5 x 61,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Pattern with 72 Turtles (SWALLOW MEALSTROM HUT HEAD), 2020/2021
Collage on paper with textile, oil stick in wooden frame
107 x 86 cm

Nel Aerts
FP, Blanket, Voyeur (SWALLOW MAELSTROM HUT HEAD), 2020/2021
Collage on paper with textile, oil sticks, varnish, glitter, acrylic in wooden frame
107 x 86 cm

Nel Aerts
Camouflage Boy (SWALLOW MAELSTROM HUT HEADS), 2020/2021
Collage on paper with textile, varnish, glitter, oil sticks in wooden frame
77,5 x 61,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Stripe Helmet (SWALLOWMAELSTROM HUT HEAD), 2020/2021
Collage on paper with textile, oil sticks, coloured pencil in wooden frame
97,5 x 76,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Dirt Blanket, Reptile Eye (SWALLOW MAELSTROM HUT HEAD), 2020/2021
Collage on paper with textile and oil stick in wooden frame
77,5 x 61,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Think Clouds, 2018
Acrylic, oil, coloring pencil, crayon, paper on canvas
280 x 210 cm
© We Document Art

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Self-Reflection after Wasting One’s Self Away, 2020
Acrylic, paper, spray paint, sequins on canvas
140,5 x 190 cm

Nel Aerts
Het buitenpunt van de belangstelling, 2019
Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint, graphite, felt on canvas
130,5 x 100 cm

Nel Aerts
Double Delusion, 2019
Acrylic and oil on wood
97 x 69.5 cm

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Welcome to the world of the snake charmer, 2019
Acrylic and oil on wood in artist-made frame
123,5 x 91,5 cm

Nel Aerts
Shade works overtime, 2019
Acrylic and graphite on wood

84,5 x 55 cm

Nel Aerts
Zwevende Zwerver, 2011 - 2019
Lacquer and oil on wood
± 41,5 x 40 cm

Nel Aerts
Doktersbezoek, 2017
Acrylic, oil, coloured pencil and oil stick on canvas
210 x 270 cm

Nel Aerts
Slide down, slink heavenly, sink heavily, 2019
Acrylic and spray paint on wood
90 x 73

Nel Aerts
Der Triumph, 2019
Acrylic, oil, sequins on canvas
280 x 210 cm

Nel Aerts
Vol goede moed bergafwaarts (dvdb), 2019
Acrylic and oil on canvas
170 x 120

Nel Aerts
Dobberende Dimpna, 2018
Acrylic on wood
100 x 70 cm

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