Lotte Keijzer
Lotte Keijzer’s Shituations comprises a body of paintings that portray the other, universally unpopular side of that authentic everyday life. Primarily interested in mocking herself but also inviting the observer to relate, the Haarlem-based artist is reframing life’s tiny fiascos into exciting visuals in which patterns, colors, shapes, and surfaces weave pleasant colorful scenes. Resisting the urge for physical accuracy, the perspectives, ratios, and depth are often adjusted for the sake of the aesthetics or composition, while original colors, shapes, or patterns undergo a nonchalant stylization. Through the combination of acrylic paint’s intensity and delicate surfaces constructed with pencil crosshatch or shading, the atmosphere of these clearly frustrating scenarios is pimped up toward a playful, light-hearted travesty. In other words, from the instinctive Oh shit! to the benignant Awwwww…