MASTERS GALLERY highlights weekly art works by prominent artists. Maaike Wycisk sees her work as a journey of discovery in which different images and materials merge into new creations. Inspired by Pop-Art, she creates colorful artworks in which classic and digital meet.Text: Larissa Schaule Jullens
Image: Maaike Wycisk
During my childhood in the 1990s, I really grew up with the The Supermodels of that era: Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington. The Big 6 were really everywhere: from ads to TV shows to music videos. The great thing is that they never actually went away and they are still making their mark on today's (fashion) image. In that respect, they will still be an inspiration to many and thus also to me. That is why you see them a lot in my works. For this work I used images of wall posters (grunge art) and paint. The style is inspired by Street Art and Pop Art. The mix of styles has a cool effect and also creates depth. The paint techniques I apply to the print again makes it a vibrant work because it adds texture and depth to the work. This makes it no longer reminiscent of a digital print, but creates an interesting mix of new and old techniques. All works are original and unique works, but can be ordered by size. I then print them in the desired size and work them with paint in their own unique way.
"My work is not about telling a story or looking for a deeper meaning: I make images that I find interesting to look at. So in that respect, for me it is mainly a journey of discovery where different images and materials come together to create a new creation. For me, it is interesting to combine the more classic real painting techniques with the more modern techniques of digital art. With this work, I found it interesting to see to what extent I could combine abstract art with a photograph. The background and foreground of this work consist of prints of bright colors of paint from an abstract artwork. By then repeating Naomi's image on this background several times, a playful and exciting effect is created. By adding paint again to the print, the work becomes tangible and the difference between the image of the paint and the real paint disappears. This makes the viewer doubt whether it is a painting or a digital work. And in the end, it is just that: a combination.
My works are always a combination of digital art and paint/paint medium. I print the digital design on canvas and rework it further with acrylic medium, paint, stencils or spray paint. This is the youngest model in the list. But of course our Doutzen Kroes cannot be missing! One of the basic images for this work is a cover of a Japanese Vogue. What I find interesting about this is that, of course, I have no idea what it says, while you understand the essence immediately. This actually makes it more exciting for me. I worked on the Vogue cover with different images of paint, creating interesting layers in the work. After printing on canvas and editing with different paint techniques, confusion arises - as with Naomi Mouse - between a digital and painted work.
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