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Justine Wesselo









Justine Wesselo, an artist and model. From a very young age Justine was intrigued by the macabre; thriller and horror films, psychedelic images and soft erotic photography sparked her interest and fascination for lost objects, trash on the streets, especially piles of rubbish, searching for hidden "treasures”. As a painter images became very important for her, as well as the monotony of daily life and the darker hidden side used to escape the tedium, making small observations within the ordinary.















Work

The works are influenced by crime and hedonism. Applying the paint, making the exact image and then annihilating said image, devouring and reconstructing over and over, similar to what happens at a crime scene, evidence is found and then skilfully poured over until the history of the crime is revealed. Often the things one does not see are the most important. Making the paintings blurry; forever there but in a haze. Similar to the dead, like a shrine. That simply fades with time. Justine's paintings are the faces, the objects are the evidence and the installation the story.


Man at table No.4
'Man at table No.4' 60x80



Self portrait
'Self-portrait' 50x50



Tongue in cheek
'Tongue-in-cheek' 50x100



Young man taking selfie
'Young man taking a selfie' 40x50



Daddy's hobby
'Daddy's hobby' 40x30



Man at table No.5
'Man at table No.5' 80x80



Man at table No.1
SOLD 'Man at table No.1'



Touch my garden
'Touch my garden' 50x80



Under skin
'Under skin' 150x100



Man at table No.2
'Man at table No.2' 30x40;



He spoke truthful lies
'He spoke truthful lies' 50x80



Hotter than a car seat in August
'Hotter than a car seat in August' 50x80



S = 4
'S = 4' 40x50



Room 406
'Room 406' 150x100



The hunted predator
'The hunted predator' 45x35



Six
'Six' 40x50



Everyone is a liar in their own reality
SOLD 'Everyone is a liar in their own reality'


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The hunt is better than the kill

A thesis written by Justine Wesselo. She gives the reader the cold hard evidence and conclusion for why art and crime touch upon the same thing or even bolder; artist are criminals as criminals are artist, as is the spectator viewing the art is the detective and the detective is the spectator viewing the art. Art is criminal.

Girl in a jacket

“It is conventional to call ‘monster’ any blending of dissonant elements. I call ‘monster’ every original inexhaustible beauty.” - Alfred Jarry

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