Francien Krieg - The end of posture

I am Francien Krieg, a Dutch figurative painter. For more than 25 years, the human body has been central to my work. I studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in The Hague and further developed my painting at the Vrije Academie. My work is exhibited internationally and was selected for the Figurativas competition of MEAM in Barcelona. In 2023 I achieved second place at Painter of the Year. Recently I was among the 25 finalists of Artist of the Year 2027. For years I mainly painted older women in my series Precious Bodies, about which a book appeared in 2018. These paintings are about aging, visibility, and the narrow beauty ideals by which we view bodies. What moves me are the traces of a lived life: changing skin, a characteristic posture, the presence of someone who is more than her appearance. In recent years I have also looked at young men and the uncertainty of adolescence. In portraits, figures in water, boxers, and boys wearing parts of armor I explore the tension between vulnerability and the expectation to be strong. Protection can offer safety, but it can also become a weight you carry with you. Although the ages of my subjects vary, the questions remain connected. What does a body reveal? What are we trying to hide? How much space do we give each other to change, to grow older, or to not know for a moment? The works in this two-part auction arise from those questions. I seek beauty in which discomfort and imperfection may also exist. In moments when a glance or a gesture makes something felt for which words fail.

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