Carlos Blaaker
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Carlos Blaaker is a visual artist who works in a contemporary narrative manner. Contemporary narrative art.
Blaaker wants to tell a story with his art and often shows ordinary people who live near him. Blaaker's muses are the people in his neighborhood that he sees around him every day: people from the LGBTIQ+ community, immigrants, the homeless. Recognizable types that you could encounter on the street all over the world. At first glance, the models seem literally imagined, but beneath the realistic surface of style lies a story through the context in which they are placed. This transcends literalism and gives the works a certain layering from which they derive their meaning. However, the interpretation of the artwork is up to the viewer. “I am a storyteller in my work,” explains the artist. Blaaker makes the 'invisible' in society visible through his art. He does not shy away from criticism of society.
Blaaker wants to tell a story with his art and often shows ordinary people who live near him. Blaaker's muses are the people in his neighborhood that he sees around him every day: people from the LGBTIQ+ community, immigrants, the homeless. Recognizable types that you could encounter on the street all over the world. At first glance, the models seem literally imagined, but beneath the realistic surface of style lies a story through the context in which they are placed. This transcends literalism and gives the works a certain layering from which they derive their meaning. However, the interpretation of the artwork is up to the viewer. “I am a storyteller in my work,” explains the artist. Blaaker makes the 'invisible' in society visible through his art. He does not shy away from criticism of society.
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