Margriet Smulders (Bussum, 1955) is a Dutch artist specializing in staged flower stillings. biography
After seeing an exhibition with Dutch still life in the Rijksmuseum, since 2000 she has staged flower stillings. She builds on large mirrors with glass shells and vases, specially created by Bernard Heesen, moving stillevens that pour them over water, inks and milk. The flowers are in full glory at the point of wilting. She describes the flowers as actors who show a whole world with their relationships and dramas played by flowers.
Initially, she called these flower portraits. In the period before these flower stillings she made family portraits. The flower stillings are inspired by seventeenth-century Dutch flower stillings. Over the last ten years, Margriet Smulders has repeatedly renewed itself. Siren Ink, Siren Milk and Siren Blood are three highlights from 2010. Here we see how the same flower still takes three completely different shapes.
Smulders' eleven-meter-long work Amor Omnia Vincit is described in the book 2012 Val Williams, What Makes Great Photography, 80 Masterpieces explained, Apple Press as controversial work far beyond classic flower still life due to surreal colors and confusing reflections. Margriet Smulders wants the spectator to lose herself, become "drunk" when looking at her work. Her works are printed in large format so you can dive into it. Bibliography Collections
The work of Margriet Smulders is represented in the art collections of, among others, EON Energy Munich, the National Library of Paris (Akzo Nobel Art Foundation), the Valkhof Museum (Nijmegen), The Prinsenhof (Delft), the COFF Foundation San Sebastian, White & amp; Young Eng. BV (London), Delta Lloyd N.V. (Amsterdam), Noordbrabants Museum ('s-Hertogenbosch), Achmea Artcollection (Zeist), VODW Artcollection (Leusden), Houthoff Buruma, Museum Flehite (Amersfoort).
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