Jasper van alderwegen

My work aims to immerse the viewer with a unique and sincere experience. I appropriate languages and symbology from folklore, myth, religion, and the aesthetics of childhood to highlight themes of mental illness, play, and identity. This exploration is done intuitively and manifests as multimedia paintings and sculptures using collaged flannel bed sheets, scrap wood, ink, clay, sticky notes, and various other found materials.

TREE FOR STORY

acrylic ink, bandaids, flannel bedsheet, india ink on clay, on raw canvas, 87.6” x 36”, 2021.

ROBOT #2 (WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON SHOULDERS)

chalk, flannel bedsheet, graphite on sticky notes, india ink on clay, scrap lumber, screws, 49.2” x 36” x 3.6”, 2021.

ROBOT #2 (WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON SHOULDERS)

chalk, flannel bedsheet, graphite on sticky notes, india ink on clay, scrap lumber, screws, 49.2” x 36” x 3.6”, 2021.

ROBOT POEM

artificial flower, chalk, flannel bedsheet, graphite and ballpoint pen on sticky notes, scrap lumber, screws, stickers, 32” x 20” x 3.25”, 2021.

ROBOT POEM

artificial flower, chalk, flannel bedsheet, graphite and ballpoint pen on sticky notes, scrap lumber, screws, stickers, 32” x 20” x 3.25”, 2021.

 

ROBOT #1 (WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON SHOULDERS)

chalk, flannel bedsheet, graphite on sticky notes, india ink on clay, chalk, scrap lumber, screws, 43.2” x 34.8” x 3.6”, 2021.

ROBOT #1 (WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON SHOULDERS)

chalk, flannel bedsheet, graphite on sticky notes, india ink on clay, scrap lumber, screws, 43.2” x 34.8” x 3.6”, 2021.

ROBOT #3 (WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON SHOULDERS)

chalk, flannel bedsheet, graphite on sticky notes, india ink on clay, scrap lumber, screws, 45.6” x 33” x 3.6”, 2021.

LANDSCAPE FOR STORY

acrylic ink, flannel bedsheet, india ink on clay, sewing pins, on raw canvas, 48″ x 60″, 2021. 

LANDSCAPE FOR STORY

acrylic ink, flannel bedsheet, india ink on clay, sewing pins, on raw canvas, 48″ x 60″, 2021.