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Other details :
Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
Dimensions :
39.4x31.5in
About this artwork
In my work, acrylic, collage and sand merge into an abstract and at the same time figurative composition. ASKARI - a term from Swahili - describes the function of the 'protector', but also the 'guardian'.
Here, this figure watches over a district, the streets of a city. A technical drawing collaged onto the canvas forms the background.
The work comes to life through the contrasting complementary colors of blue (ultramarine, Prussian blue) and… transparent yellow tones, in the center of which the figure of the Askari is set in bright white. Payne's gray was applied to incorporate shading. Green/turquoise tones create tension.
The powerful colors and the textured surface bring a lively, almost tangible energy to every room in which the painting hangs. With every glance, you discover a new facet of the depiction.
Annette G. Rathjen is a versatile artist with a background in photography, painting, and printmaking. She works with a mixture of painting, collage, and drawing, layering elements upon elements. She uses acrylic paints, charcoal, chalk, but also sand, coffee grounds, marble dust, ash, and sometimes old nautical charts. This creates a tension: lines and colors assert themselves, are covered over. Something new breaks through, something old remains visible. It's like a conversation on the canvas—sometimes a dialogue, sometimes an argument.
The result is images that reveal both structure and movement. They are not linear narratives, but fragments, superimpositions that challenge us; inviting us to let go of our perception, not to stop at the first step, but to inspire us as viewers and invite our own interpretation. Her works are exhibited in France, Austria, Italy, and the USA.