Implicit Recordings (the unspeakable)

Barbara Wijnveld (1972)

Implicit Recordings (the unspeakable)

2011 | acrylic, oil, ink and cassette tape on cotton on a wooden frame | 100 × 70 cm

For Implicit Recordings, Barbara Wijnveld certainly ran a very special kind of tape across her work: cassette tape. The cassette contains recordings of Barbara’s own voice: singing, talking or making noises. Her voice is not the only thing that figures indirectly in this work. The portrait is also partly a self-portrait. Barbara chose to use reflective cassette tape so that the viewer could see the portrait and themselves at the same time.

Barbara combined drawings of herself with a drawing that she had made of Bruce Nauman’s Self Portrait as a Fountain. The drawings form the basis of her painting, as she explores not only herself and an iconic work of art but also the concept of ‘nothing is what it seems’.

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