I disagree with Monsanto's policy and strategy of monopolising agriculture and species through gene manipulation. It is dangerous, unethical and the motivation is based on making profit.

140x200 cm

The first in 2001

Print and paneling 450x300 cm

I love this picture.

Compilation of protest signs print 340x175 cm

Starring Mignon Nusteling and her sister

Published posthumously as his last wish in 2020

Compilation of protest signs print 340x175 cm

This protest sign is based on the story of a young couple, a Muslim boy and a Christian girl who tried to escape from Sarajevo during the Bosnian war. They were shot dead in the hills and lay there, hand-in-hand, for several weeks, in the eyes of the media. No one could retrieve their bodies because of snipers. In Sarajevo, 3 religions have lived peacefully together for over 500 years until the Bosnian war broke out in 1992.

Dates from 1986, when I felt like a hunted species when riding my motorcycle

338x174 cm

The West-Indische Compagnie fireplace sculpture was stolen in the 1950's. The only thing that remained of its existence was a small picture, photographed from the side. I stretched it out, enlarged it and spent a week drawing the baroque design of shells and underwater life. The drawing has been used to bring the carving back to life 2003 (photo's will follow)

I moved house regularly and with each move I was confronted with a box of love letters that I could no longer do anything with. Past relationships and love, I could still feel them when going through the letters. I needed to put it behind me and so I came up with the idea of turning it into this work, a red heart of love letters in a gilded frame. The work represents the love I once felt.

100x280 cm

Photography by Mignon Nusteling, model Themba Schmitz