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Samantha Van Heest«My brother gave them a name» Still Life Oil Painting by Samantha Van Heest2020
2020
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This painting was inspired by the artists very first toy, a small blue giraffe, given to her as a day-old baby. It is something that has been around her whole life, and even though it is inanimate, there is a feeling of personification through the years of wear. Her brother as a baby would call giraffes “fa,” which is always a sweet memory she associate with this toy.
Samantha Van Heest explores the intimacy of impermanence through her work, utilizing still life, found objects, and portraiture through minimalist representation. Her paintings and drawings act as a visual catalogue for her memories, a secure physical representation of how she remembered a moment. Van Heest romanticizes the minutiae of everyday life, and seeks to communicate the monumental impact of ephemera by visually referencing select objects that symbolize what it felt to be within the scene. Through this examination of memory, Van Heest also explores herself as a multiracial woman, her femininity, and her experience processing intense emotions such as grief and trauma.
Samantha Van Heest's work is both personal and universal, a representation of self that unfolds to tell a unique and personal story to each viewer. She wants to discuss memory, how it defines the self, and how something so crucial to the makeup of our lives walks the line between reality and fiction.
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- Creator:Samantha Van Heest (1998, American)
- Creation Year:2020
- Dimensions:Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Oslo, NO
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU160928878312
Samantha Van Heest
Samantha Van Heest (b. 1998) is an artist currently residing in the greater Washington DC area. She has exhibited her work in the Mid-Atlantic region, and in Aix-en-Provence, France. She has worked as a studio intern for the painter Amy Sherald, and was featured in New American Paintings South #148. She is the recipient of the Alfred Levitt Memorial Scholarship in Art, the Emil R. Schnellock Award for Excellence in Painting, and the Rosalie Chauncey Memorial Scholarship.
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