Daisy Karthaus was born in
Heerlen in 1970. From childhood she loved drawing and painting. Her ambition to
study at an art academy was not appreciated by the family as a serious calling.
She therefore completed the Social Work and Services training course in 1993.
Her creativity was given a
new place in her life when she took up a job as a glazier in 2004. Within this
traditional profession she was involved in the restoration of church windows.
Hereby she also gained experience with fire painting. In recent years, she has
also focused on oil painting.
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Daisy
Karthaus (Heerlen 1970), woonachtig in Tilburg, schildert haar modellen tegen
een neutrale achtergrond, waardoor de focus volledig op het lichaam is gericht.
Zij kiest bewust voor een verfijnde schilderstechniek, zodat de zachtheid van
de huid zichtbaar blijft. Heel anders dus dan bijvoorbeeld Lucian Freud, om
maar eens iemand te noemen, die zijn modellen in een interieur plaatst, de verf
dikwijls dik opbrengt en rauw en expressief schildert.
Daisy
Karthaus is een laatbloeier. Na tien jaar werkzaam te zijn geweest als
glazenier en kerkramen te hebben gerestaureerd, is zij pas in 2014 gaan
schilderen op doek, eerst in acryl, maar al gauw in olieverf. “Olieverf droogt
wel langzamer, maar je kunt er langer in doorwerken, wat bij acryl niet kan.”
Als schilder is ze autodidact. Bewonderenswaardig dat ze in een paar jaar tijd
op groot formaat doek weet te werken.
(Brabant Cultureel, Nederland, 2017)
Mostra collettiva
Steenfabriek Gilze-Rijen, aprile 2011. Vetrate e sculture.
Mostra personale
Galerie de Roos, Tilburg, gennaio 2017. Dipinti ad olio.
Mostra a Het
Kruithuis a 's-Hertogenbosch, maggio 2018. Acquerelli e dipinti.
About her Art
The main theme of her paintings is vulnerability. That
is why she paints nudes. They are located in a bare room and they are so large
that they fill the entire screen. They are the prisoners of the space allocated
to them, and of their body and destiny. Through this composition and the format
of her canvases, the figures evoke intense emotions in the viewer. These are
further enhanced by the undeniable and skill with which details of the human
body are recorded.
The starting
point of Karthaus is to paint emotions. Thanks to the painter’s brush, her
figures finally get the chance to express their deepest feelings.
Karthaus’
nudes have nothing to do with the idealized nude of advertising, fashion and
porn. They are not young, slim and perfect. They show the beauty of older
bodies, of the body drawn by time.
When
choosing her subjects, Daisy Karthaus is inspired by art history, her vision of
current themes and her own biography. She deliberately plays with icons from
the art of painting, as with the painting: l’Origine de la merde. This work is
a clear reference to Courbets l’Origine du monde. The diptych Adam and Eve is
also a nod to classical painting.
Criticism
Daisy Karthaus
(Heerlen 1970), che vive a Tilburg, dipinge le sue modelle su uno sfondo
neutro, in modo che il focus sia completamente sul corpo. Sceglie
consapevolmente una raffinata tecnica pittorica, in modo che la morbidezza
della pelle rimanga visibile. Molto diverso da Lucian Freud, ad esempio, per
nominare qualcuno che mette i suoi modelli in un interno, spesso applica la
vernice in modo denso e dipinge in modo crudo ed espressivo.
Daisy Karthaus
è in ritardo di fioritura. Dopo aver lavorato come vetrina e restaurare le
finestre della chiesa per dieci anni, ha iniziato a dipingere su tela solo nel
2014, prima in acrilico, ma presto a olio. "La pittura ad olio si asciuga
più lentamente, ma puoi lavorarci più a lungo, cosa impossibile con
l'acrilico." Come pittrice, è autodidatta. Ammirabile di riuscire a
lavorare su tele di grande formato in pochi anni.
(Brabant Cultural, Paesi Bassi, 2017)
