The Labyrinth / Anneke Eussen

About

The Labyrinth,
An ode to repetitive actions, mappings and measuring instruments.

Within my work I embrace repetitive actions, ambiguous imagery and materials in transformation. I simply find true beauty and uniqueness in the continuation of time.

Most of the selected materials in this show have a historical background, they have grown out of their original use and purpose. There are antique window panes from canal houses in Amsterdam, there are steel window frames from the Royal Dutch Braat factory, there is marble from historical buildings in Berlin and glass from a small kitchen cabinet. The materials embody a captured energy from passed times.
My artistic action consciously reinterprets and constructs the unfolded quality of these materials in current times, opening a new perspective towards the future.

Visualizing the circular movement of time passing connects to the idea of walking a labyrinth.
The labyrinth has an unambiguous route to its center and back. A labyrinth is used for walking meditation, it presents no navigational challenge.

Looking upon our surrounding and built space as a Labyrinth, my current works take; action, time and space as the base for creation. Even if we choose to repeat the same things, the slightest variations are proof of growth, change and development.

Nothing happens twice, nothing is without value. Anneke Eussen, October 2022