Rosa de Jong
Overview
Amsterdam based artist, Rosa de Jong, constructs worlds inside small glass test tubes each complete with micro-sized buildings, tiny trees, and other miniscule structures. Similar to a ship in a bottle, her tiny worlds are handcrafted from an eclectic mix of materials such as paper, cardboard, tree branches and moss found from all over the world including sand from Monument Valley and rocks from the Carribbean.
“My inspiration for this project came when I became aware of the fact that if I look at art, illustrations, drawings - anything creative, I really like it if there's ‘space' inside, another dimension. Instead of thinking, you get to be inside for a moment. This makes looking at it a little bit like meditation." -Rosa de Jong
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Exhibitions
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Small Works | Big Impact 2021
Group Exhibition 18 Nov 2021 - 26 Mar 2022Small Works | Big Impact is an annual exhibition that assembles intimately-scaled works in a variety of media by gallery artists and special guests. Intricate details and concentrated energy define a collection that highlights the smaller side of works by Samantha Bates, Robert Bender, Mariella Bisson, Christina Bothwell, Andy Farkas, Ivy Jacobsen, Ani Kasten, Meg Lagodzki, Casey Roberts, Greg Sand, Sarah Vaughn, and more.Read more -
SMALL WORKS | BIG IMPACT 2019
Intimately-scaled works by gallery artists and special guests 14 Nov - 31 Dec 2019This year’s curated exhibition of intimately scaled works by gallery artists and special guests addresses themes of memory, the passage of time, mortality, and the natural world. Although small in...Read more
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