VARIANT:

VARIANT:Facing Seoul B Series 5

Dimensions

61 x 46 cm.

Material

Acrylic paint and found materials on paper.

Date

2017

Raymond Lemstra’s series of fictional portraits,Facing Seoul, was created in 2017 while the artist was living in the South Korean capital. Each artwork is meticulously put together using found materials including leaflets, advertising flyers and discarded papers encountered in the streets. Geometric shapes are then added in acrylics, playing on pareidolia, our basic human need to recognise faces.

An intimate series, drawing on the Dutch artist’s personal experience in Korea, sees Lemstra’s characteristic use of form and selective emphasis delicately combined with collage.

VARIANT:Facing Seoul B Series 8

Dimensions

41 x 31 cm.

Material

Acrylic paint and found materials on paper.

Date

2017

Raymond Lemstra’s series of fictional portraits,Facing Seoul, was created in 2017 while the artist was living in the South Korean capital. Each artwork is meticulously put together using found materials including leaflets, advertising flyers and discarded papers encountered in the streets. Geometric shapes are then added in acrylics, playing on pareidolia, our basic human need to recognise faces.

An intimate series, drawing on the Dutch artist’s personal experience in Korea, sees Lemstra’s characteristic use of form and selective emphasis delicately combined with collage.

VARIANT:Facing Seoul B Series 9

Dimensions

41 x 31 cm.

Material

Acrylic paint and found materials on paper.

Date

2017

Raymond Lemstra’s series of fictional portraits,Facing Seoul, was created in 2017 while the artist was living in the South Korean capital. Each artwork is meticulously put together using found materials including leaflets, advertising flyers and discarded papers encountered in the streets. Geometric shapes are then added in acrylics, playing on pareidolia, our basic human need to recognise faces.

An intimate series, drawing on the Dutch artist’s personal experience in Korea, sees Lemstra’s characteristic use of form and selective emphasis delicately combined with collage.

VARIANT:Facing Seoul B Series 10

Dimensions

41 x 31 cm.

Material

Acrylic paint and found materials on paper.

Date

2017

Raymond Lemstra’s series of fictional portraits,Facing Seoul, was created in 2017 while the artist was living in the South Korean capital. Each artwork is meticulously put together using found materials including leaflets, advertising flyers and discarded papers encountered in the streets. Geometric shapes are then added in acrylics, playing on pareidolia, our basic human need to recognise faces.

An intimate series, drawing on the Dutch artist’s personal experience in Korea, sees Lemstra’s characteristic use of form and selective emphasis delicately combined with collage.