This is a dynamic portfolio of art and design by Thom van der Doef. There is a traditional organization available under the "Projects" menu. Under "Categories" you can filter projects with Boolean operators AND and NOT.

Paintings from "Memory"
Paintings from "Memory" is a series of 20 oil paintings that reproduce the image cards from the children's game "Concentration" The dutch version of the game is called "Memory" The extreme cropping and many layers of cheap reproduction techniques create images without a traceable origin or narrative that easily embed themselves in the wordless imagination of a five year old. When I saw these again as an adult, my response to them was as raw and childlike as 25 years ago. I decided to reproduce these images as oil paintings and have an art show with them. I wanted to find out if their power resides in the images themselves, or if they are the result of private projections of a five year old.

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Date modified: Thu 17 January 2008