Saar Scheerlings

Unfolding a tea box provided Saar Scheerlings (Eindhoven, NL, 1990) a form. She decided to paint it the way she saw at a weavers' village in the Himalayas. These forms took on a life of their own they led to sculptures and most recently to thrones. Saar builds to the material culture of a fictitious civilization. Inspired by ethnographic collections in museums, textile crafts and building methods the work is a search for a sense of inspiration and meaning such as we know from ancient cultures and religious artifacts like Talismans. In doing so, Saar looks at traditional ways of making. She works with second-hand materials such as mattresses from a bankrupt holiday park, fabrics from old theaters and from fashion brands or clothes from thrift stores. In in contrast to the speed and technologization of today's society, Saar's sculptures are a plea for craftsmanship and durability. The special fabrics in her sculptures get where they are straight to have a life as a work of art.

After graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven, Saar Scheerlings (NL, 1990) set out on a path that has led to the creation of visual art. Her art is an endless mill of production, constantly susceptible to outside influences. It is a process like a trade route or port where all kinds of previously unknown things can influence each other. Her work has been shown in various international museum shows, such as Zuiderzeemuseum, Fries Museum, Design Museum Gent and Dutch Parade, Hanwha Galleria Seoul, South Korea. Saar lives and works in the remote village of Le Maupas in Sussey, France.

Exhibitions & fairs with the gallery:
Castlemania
Art Rotterdam 2024
SWAB
Sources of Wonder
Unfolding, solo exhibition 2023
KunstRAI 2021
Art Rotterdam 2021
Sight by Sight

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