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Nousevien taiteilijoiden parhaimmisto

Mustan ulkokuoren alta nousee täysin valkoinen, kasvon arpi, side حل?— (Oops).

Out of black comes a face wound entirely in white, the gauze pulled so close around the skull that nothing remains but the memory of features. Eyes, mouth, the line of a jaw, all present only as suggestion, pressed up from beneath the wrap like a shape trying to surface.

The binding is total and yet oddly tender. It does not disfigure so much as hush. Every seam and fold of cloth becomes a kind of skin of its own, catching light along the ridges of the head and letting it drop into shadow at the throat, so the whole face reads as a study in exposure withheld.

There is a quiet violence in being wrapped this completely, and an equal quiet calm. The eyes are closed beneath the fabric, the mouth sealed but not straining, as if this stillness were chosen rather than imposed. A wound, a rest, a waiting, all folded into the same white.

In Void's language this image is not laid down but drawn out of depth, no paint, no print, no ink, only the interplay of surface and shadow that lets a face emerge from nothing at all. Seen from across a room the work reads as a single pale mass against darkness, monumental and silent. Close in, it opens into a field of fine depth, every fold of the gauze its own quiet event of light.

The bandage becomes a symbol as much as a subject: identity held back, protected or erased, a self suspended between concealment and the moment before it is finally seen.

This piece continues the Art with Void series by Tijs Dragtsma, in which imagery is constructed through depth and absence rather than paint or print. A visual language where absence is not emptiness, but presence.

"Some faces are kept, not hidden, until the light is ready to return them."

About Art with Void

Art with Void is a body of work in which the image is not built through addition. but revealed through absence.

From a distance. the image is unmistakable. Strong. clear and immediately present. Yet up close. the work transforms. The viewer discovers a surface composed of precisely carved micro voids in high quality acrylic glass. What seemed whole and still from afar becomes detailed. delicate and deeply structured.

Light is essential to the work. In daylight. reflections shift and the image changes subtly with its environment. In darkness. under a focused spotlight. the acrylic glass comes fully alive. Depth intensifies. reflections sharpen. and the image takes on an almost magical presence.

This interplay between distance and proximity. image and structure. stillness and transformation lies at the heart of Art with Void. It is a visual language built on reduction. yet rich in atmosphere. precision and presence.

About the Artist

My name is Tijs Dragtsma, founder of TD Fine Art Studio.

As an artist, I am driven by a constant desire to explore new visual languages. I do not see art as a fixed style, but as an evolving field of discovery where material, structure, light and emotion come together.

My work often begins with a simple question. How can a material speak in a new way. How can hardness become intimacy. How can precision create emotion. That search lies at the heart of everything I create.

Within TD Fine Art Studio, each body of work is approached as its own world, with its own logic, atmosphere and visual identity. Some works are built through rhythm, repetition and structure. Others emerge through absence, shadow, reflection or tension. What connects them is a shared commitment to originality, clarity and emotional presence.

I am fascinated by contrast. Between strength and fragility. Between control and feeling. Between what is visible and what is left open to interpretation. My goal is not simply to make an image, but to create a work that holds attention, invites reflection and continues to reveal itself over time.

TD Fine Art Studio is the space in which these explorations come together. It is not only a studio, but an evolving artistic universe shaped by curiosity, precision and the ambition to create work that feels distinctive, intentional and alive.

Tämä arvio on tarkoitettu opastamaan tarjousten tekemisessä. Se perustuu samankaltaisten esineiden hintaluokkaan vähittäismyynnissä sekä esineen ainutlaatuisiin ominaisuuksiin, kuten sen laatuun ja harvinaisuuteen. Emme voi taata, että esine myydään tai jälleenmyydään tällä hinnalla, tai että asiantuntija antaa saman arvion.

Tijs Dragtsma (1992) - Void. A Silence Wound in White

Sekatekniikka - Signeerattu - 2026

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Tijs Dragtsma, Void. A Silence Wound in White (2026), teos alkuperäinen sekatekniikkataide Art with Void -sarjasta, allekirjoitettu ja kehystettynä; 51 × 51 cm, alkuperä: Alankomaat, erinomaisessa kunnossa.

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Tijs Dragtsma, Void. A Silence Wound in White (2026), teos alkuperäinen sekatekniikkataide Art with Void -sarjasta, allekirjoitettu ja kehystettynä; 51 × 51 cm, alkuperä: Alankomaat, erinomaisessa kunnossa.

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