Drawing No. 70 on Recherches by Luc Tuymans mixed media on paper 65 x 50 cm 2013

(©)Riedstra, the Netherlands, 2013

Art reflects its time, a primary source of information.
The drawings are study’s based on Renaissance paintings (1500 – 1700) and refer to a historical concept. Somehow they reflect an atmosphere of apocalypse.
Whether religious, sexual or political, they are part of the timeframe then and the timeframe now.

 With these study’s I want to connect 16th century art with Contemporary art.

Therefore I pay hommage to contemporary artists as well, those artists  who reflect on the timeframe now, with a creative conscience that encompasses world-changing somehow similar to the Renaissance period.

Riedstra has studied applied arts in Tel Aviv and The Hague, as well as M.A. Scenography at St Martins London, and completed her masters in Seville, Spain. She lives in the Netherlands

Website: http://www.riedstra.eu
Background information on this project: http://everydayadrawing.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/background-inf/

Drawing No. 69 on ‘The Judgement of Paris’ by Rubens charcoal, acryl, softcrayon, scrap on paper 2013

(©)Riedstra, the Netherlands, 2013

Art reflects its time, a primary source of information.
These drawings are study’s based on 16th century paintings and refer to a historical concept. Somehow they reflect an atmosphere of apocalypse.
Whether religious, sexual or political, they are part of the timeframe then and the timeframe now.

With these study’s I want to connect 16th century art with Contemporary art.

Riedstra has studied applied arts in Tel Aviv and The Hague, as well as M.A. Scenography at St Martins London, and completed her masters in Seville, Spain. She lives in the Netherlands
Website: http://www.riedstra.eu
Background information on this project: http://everydayadrawing.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/background-inf/

On drawing No. 68: on ‘Anonymity’ by Giorgio

On drawing No. 68: on ‘Anonymity’ by Giorgio Vasari

Your latest piece of art is great. Very thought provoking, with the invasion of these international states and these soldiers acting as pawns of a government who’s mind primarily thinks of oil. The anonymity of those captured tells me that they are helpless in the world stage where some countries dominate and shape the world in ways that do not benefit anyone except their own self-interest.

Drawing No. 68 on ‘Anonymity’ by Giorgio Vasari 1546 Indian ink, acryl, softpastel, scrap on paper 65 x 50 cm 2013

(©)Riedstra, the Netherlands, 2013

Art reflects its time, a primary source of information.

These drawings are study’s based on 16th century paintings and refer to a historical concept. Somehow they reflect an atmosphere of apocalypse.
Whether religious, sexual or political, they are part of the timeframe then and the timeframe now.

With these study’s I want to connect 16th century art with Contemporary art.

Riedstra has studied applied arts in Tel Aviv and The Hague, as well as M.A. Scenography at St Martins London, and completed her masters in Seville, Spain. She lives in the Netherlands
Website: http://www.riedstra.eu
Background information on this project: http://everydayadrawing.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/background-inf/

Drawing No. 67 ‘on Anonymity’ by Giorgio Vasari 1546 ink, acryl, softpastel, fotoscrap on paper 2013

(©)Riedstra, the Netherlands, 2013

Art reflects its time, a primary source of information.
These drawings are study’s based on 16th century paintings and refer to a historical concept. Somehow they reflect an atmosphere of apocalypse.
Whether religious, sexual or political, they are part of the timeframe then and the timeframe now.

With these study’s I want to connect 16th century art with Contemporary art.

Riedstra has studied applied arts in Tel Aviv and The Hague, as well as M.A. Scenography at St Martins London, and completed her masters in Seville, Spain. She lives in the Netherlands

Website:
http://www.riedstra.eu

Background information on this project:
http://everydayadrawing.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/background-inf/

Drawing No. 66 on ‘Silence’ by Luc Tuymans ink, gouache, acryl, scrap, lace on paper 65 x 50 cm 2013

(©)Riedstra, the Netherlands, 2013

Art reflects its time, a primary source of information.

These drawings are study’s based on 16th century paintings and refer to a historical concept. Somehow they reflect an atmosphere of apocalypse.
Whether religious, sexual or political, they are part of the timeframe then and the timeframe now.

With these study’s I want to connect 16th century art with Contemporary art.

Riedstra has studied applied arts in Tel Aviv and The Hague, as well as M.A. Scenography at St Martins London, and completed her masters in Seville, Spain. She lives in the Netherlands

Website: http://www.riedstra.eu
Background information on this project: http://everydayadrawing.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/background-inf/

Drawing No. 66 on ‘Silence’ by Luc Tuymans ink, gouache, acryl, scrap, lace on paper 65 x 50 cm 2013

(©)Riedstra, the Netherlands, 2013

Art reflects its time, a primary source of information.

These drawings are study’s based on 16th century paintings and refer to a historical concept. Somehow they reflect an atmosphere of apocalypse.Whether religious, sexual or political, they are part of the timeframe then and the timeframe now.

With these study’s I want to connect 16th century art with Contemporary art.

Riedstra has studied applied arts in Tel Aviv and The Hague, as well as M.A. Scenography at St Martins London, and completed her masters in Seville, Spain. She lives in the Netherlands

Website: http://www.riedstra.eu
Background information on this project: http://everydayadrawing.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/background-inf/