Els Dietvorst collects natural objects that wash up on the shore. She makes paintings of them, with bistre. She fashions driftwood into a tree, or works on it with a burner. The burnt lines on these wooden sculptures depict people or animals. Dietvorst collects, treats and admires what nature has to offer. Her rituals lend a new function to existing matter and cast it in a different light. Just as Dietvorst shows in her video work, that she respects people and invites them to look at her in a different way, so too, in her recent work, she shows appreciation for our environment. Nature is to be nurtured and respected. As human beings we are but part of a larger whole and everything is connected.
(source: April 2021, Indra Devriendt)
>Els Dietvorst, Driftwood, 2015.Sculpture, wood.
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>Els Dietvorst, The Guardians, 2020.Sculpture, driftwood, beeswax, 3 x.
>Els Dietvorst, Save Me , 2020.Sculpture, wood, 30 x 16.5 cm.
>Els Dietvorst, Hug Me, 2020.Sculpture, wood, 34 x 21 cm.
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>Els Dietvorst, Now!, 2020.Sculpture.
>Els Dietvorst, Shanti! Shanti! Shanti!, 2021.Sculpture, driftwood, beeswax and stones, 90 x 30 x 36 cm.
>Els Dietvorst, Windswept, 2021.Sculpture, bronze.