© 2011 used work gloves 20 x 20 cm C print on hahnemuhle paper
In October 2011 I was invited to stay at the artist in residence of the Vincent van GoghHouse, in the Van Gogh-era sexton’s house in Zundert, the Netherlands.
I concluded my artist in residency with the showing of my video about the contemporary ‘new potato eaters’. I filmed Eastern European seasonal workers for a month. I chose this subject from the idea: Who would Van Gogh choose nowadays as a model for his potato eaters? My study of the workers working in the nurseries and staying on campsites also led the photoworks: ‘strange hands’ and ‘the new potato eaters’.
Van Gogh emphasized the hand of workers to depict their harsh living concitions. Through the hands of her characters, Deinema tells a story about people who occupy an indispensable but also invisible place in our society.
© 2011 29 x 21 cm videostill C print op hahnemuhle papier