Netherlands
Karin van der Molen
The green world is my canvas and my main source of inspiration. The fields, forests, grasses and rivers invite me to engage and to question the contemporary separation of humans and nature. Usually I make site specific art with locally sourced materials, seducing myself and the passer-by to see and enter nature in a new way. With my environmental art I invite to encourage, amplify and intensify our imagination
and to open up to our surroundings.
I am fascinated by the different aspects of growth. How nature grows, how growth gets out of tune, how the growth of one either hinders or stimulates the growth of another. In my latest artworks examples of human culture are translated into natural shapes, such as crockery growing on trees as a fungus, or āpipelinesā made out of hay and willow. Beyond the history, humour and esthetics of the pieces lies the open question:āWhat am I doing here?ā
and to open up to our surroundings.
I am fascinated by the different aspects of growth. How nature grows, how growth gets out of tune, how the growth of one either hinders or stimulates the growth of another. In my latest artworks examples of human culture are translated into natural shapes, such as crockery growing on trees as a fungus, or āpipelinesā made out of hay and willow. Beyond the history, humour and esthetics of the pieces lies the open question:āWhat am I doing here?ā
