A host of exciting updates from the shape-obsessed Esther Tielemans

Date
9 April 2013

Like a lonely Lancashire lass making eyes at an exotic-seeming American GI at a wartime tea dance, we’ve been casting admiring eyes at Esther Tielemans for more than a year now. The Amsterdam-based artist creates stunning sculptural works based around bright, shiny geometric shapes but since we first checked in with her she’s not only updated her site with more 3D treats, but increasingly shown off her newer interest in painting, albeit with a consistent DNA from her earlier work. Her gallery shows really need to be visited to be fully appreciated as both elements of her portfolio play off each other within the space for maximum effect. So about that dance Esther…

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Esther Tielemans: Symmetry of Supposed Contradictions

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Esther Tielemans: Symmetry of Supposed Contradictions (detail)

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Esther Tielemans: Mouvement perpetuel

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Esther Tielemans: Organising the Disorderly

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Esther Tielemans: Installation shot

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Esther Tielemans: The Performance

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Esther Tielemans: The Performance (detail)

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Esther Tielemans: The Performance 2

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Esther Tielemans: Installation shot

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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