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Lorena Kloosterboer

Antwerp, Belgium

Dutch-Argentine artist Lorena Kloosterboer (b. 1962) focuses on trompe l'oeil and photorealism. Both styles allow her to go back and forth between sharply focused close-ups and intricate life-sized compositions.

Symbolism often infuses Lorena’s artwork with what is, to this artist, an essential freedom of expression. This allows her to convey thoughts and beliefs, while seeking to capture those fleeting moments, when light is just perfect, when colors and shadows, reflections and textures unite in visual poetry.

It is a commonly accepted myth that painting realism is mere replication, imitation. To Lorena, painting is about making choices – both regarding the use of technical skills as well as the compositional challenges to create a piece which is noteworthy. Throughout the creative process Lorena synthesizes the composition into an ideal reality of her own.

During the past twenty-five years Lorena’s artwork has been exhibited in 10 countries, and has been published in several books, museum catalogs, and many international art magazines. Her paintings, drawings, and sculptures reside in numerous collections around the world. Lorena is especially pleased that five of her bronze statues enjoy permanent public installation in the Netherlands.

Lorena Kloosterboer currently lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium.

NOTES ABOUT MY PAINTINGS SHOWING IN LIVERPOOL AT THE VIEW-TWO GALLERY 2009

'In the News' Catalogue No.46

How much does actual, serious news impact us? Even the most dramatic headline, affecting all of us collectively, is more often than not simply ignored. Hey, what is Paris wearing today?

This petite trompe l’oeil shows a carefully protected glass globe, while the crumpled newspaper is discarded as wrapping material. It symbolizes the contrast between how humankind mostly concerns itself with the utterly trivial & chooses to ignore the truly vital issues.

'Sapphire Blue' Catalogue No. 47

This graceful photorealistic close-up of several glass & silver objects from the artist’s collection presents a theatrical impression of abstract reflections dancing on gleaming surfaces. Realism is the glorious confluence of lowly abstract elements joined together to form a recognizable end result.

Works Exhibited

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